Practising Stoic Philosophy
Practising Stoic Philosophy at the Gunning Library. 7th October 2017. Photo by Leslie Bush. After reading on Trove abou…
Trivial nonsense, or: Work will dominate your mind if you let it...
Frankie at Pawtails Rural Retreat (and Frida in the background) When she chewed my Nokia recharge cable, I bought a sma…
Pedagogical Evolution: A Personal Journey
It was more than one hundred years later before corporal punishment was banned in Queensland state schools. Cartoon: Wi…
Book Notes: "Teach Yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness" by Donald J. Robertson
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière's "The Death of Cato of Utica" (1795). Source: Wikimedia . Teach Yourself Stoi…
Book Notes: "How to be Idle" by Tom Hodgkinson
How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was useful in that it points to historical authors …
On Keeping Book Notes and a Professional Library
Benjamin Franklin Tracy, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, circa 1890. Not the Benjamin Franklin, but it certainly looks lik…