The Civic Club Project Not that long ago, I was at a civic club meeting where one of the members gave a committee report on[…]
Bear with me here, will you? There’s a lot to tie together. Background: On alternate Monday mornings I send out a weird sort of a[…]
“The ideas come first, and then the words.” This popped out of a recent e-mail from a frequent reader – and former colleague at MSU. […]
Time for a couple of those loose ends that don’t quite make a column on their own. Hope you enjoy. 1. Hints from Helosie I[…]
Recently, I got to visit Mountain Grove schools and do a problem-solving workshop with middle school students. I don’t get to do these as often[…]
Have you ever felt like you were in the middle of a large fog-covered pond, in a row-boat with only one oar attached? There’s this[…]
The e-mail arrived after my last column (Chapter and Verse). Referring to that column, the reader essentially asked, “Would you advocate a Problem Solving 101[…]
My siblings and I recently held our annual reunion. At these reunions, one of the obligatory conversational paths is the one that heads down memory[…]
We recently made passing reference to one of Mark Twain’s comments that he never let his schooling interfere with his education. We also briefly mentioned[…]