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![“Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the pretentious and often hollow ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s To Kill a […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scout-Atticus-36x36.jpg "Why Scout Finch Hates School – the Best Novel of the Century and Progressive Education")
Why Scout Finch Hates School – the Best Novel of the Century and Progressive Education
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 2 Comments“Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the pretentious and often hollow ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s To Kill a […]
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![There are three types of people in this world: the sheep who go about their business, the wolf who feeds on the sheep, and the sheepdog who protects the flock. Last […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/German-shepherd-36x36.jpg "The Sheep, the Wolf, & the Sheepdog – LTC Dave Grossman & American Sniper")
The Sheep, the Wolf, & the Sheepdog – LTC Dave Grossman & American Sniper
Posted on January 30, 2015 | 18 CommentsThere are three types of people in this world: the sheep who go about their business, the wolf who feeds on the sheep, and the sheepdog who protects the flock. Last […]
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Book Shelf Archive
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![What can we learn from the Gulag? About the military, about the body and soul? AVAILABLE IN PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm Walking up Hawks Hill near my home, […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-08-at-2.19.07-PM-115x115.png "Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag – A Russian Novel About Your Life")
Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag – A Russian Novel About Your Life
Posted on January 9, 2020 | No CommentsWhat can we learn from the Gulag? About the military, about the body and soul? AVAILABLE IN PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm Walking up Hawks Hill near my home, […] -
![PODCAST INTERVIEW Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes PODCAST SUMMARY (please click on links above for full interview) I talked with editor, writer, and friend, Hayley Swinson, about books and how they […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-5.06.53-PM-115x115.png "A Book for Everyone, Even Nonreaders and Grinches")
A Book for Everyone, Even Nonreaders and Grinches
Posted on December 6, 2019 | No CommentsPODCAST INTERVIEW Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes PODCAST SUMMARY (please click on links above for full interview) I talked with editor, writer, and friend, Hayley Swinson, about books and how they […] -
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm A friend lamented the lack of grammar taught in schools and I said that English was out of fashion. What passed for writing in […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-29-at-11.21.32-PM-115x115.png "You’ve tidied up the closet. You’ve tidied up the house. Why not tidy up your writing?")
You’ve tidied up the closet. You’ve tidied up the house. Why not tidy up your writing?
Posted on October 30, 2019 | No CommentsAVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm A friend lamented the lack of grammar taught in schools and I said that English was out of fashion. What passed for writing in […] -
![Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison One year ago my children and a couple of West Point cadets helped install our little […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/LFL-Sep-2018-115x115.jpg "Little Free Library – One Year Anniversary")
Little Free Library – One Year Anniversary
Posted on September 13, 2018 | No CommentsReading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison One year ago my children and a couple of West Point cadets helped install our little […] -
![I’ve come across the topic of walking in my reading, especially lately, as well as over the years. Writers walk and maybe the converse, while not logically true, is […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_4086-1-115x115.jpg "ON WALKING – Sedaris, Gornick, Cadogan, & Thoreau")
ON WALKING – Sedaris, Gornick, Cadogan, & Thoreau
Posted on July 31, 2018 | 2 CommentsI’ve come across the topic of walking in my reading, especially lately, as well as over the years. Writers walk and maybe the converse, while not logically true, is […] -
![Fun, colorful, classic. The first two clash with the third, because when we think of classic, especially in fashion, we think modest, elegant, subdued. Designer Kate Spade made the trio possible […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-10.23.42-AM-115x115.png "A Remedy Much Desired – Suicide & Three Poems by Max Ehrmann")
A Remedy Much Desired – Suicide & Three Poems by Max Ehrmann
Posted on June 13, 2018 | No CommentsFun, colorful, classic. The first two clash with the third, because when we think of classic, especially in fashion, we think modest, elegant, subdued. Designer Kate Spade made the trio possible […] -
![Deep Work If you haven’t read Cal Newport’s book Deep Work, Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, I recommend it. A friend gave it to me for my […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_0004-115x115.jpg "Deep Work, Digital Detox, and the Year of the DOG")
Deep Work, Digital Detox, and the Year of the DOG
Posted on February 25, 2018 | No CommentsDeep Work If you haven’t read Cal Newport’s book Deep Work, Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, I recommend it. A friend gave it to me for my […] -
![The Man Behind the Gentleman My town library invited bestselling author Amor Towles to speak at its annual fundraiser and luncheon. He made a living in finance for decades […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/amor-towles-gentleman-in-moscow-mr-115x115.jpg "On Music & Parental Advice – A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles, the Man Behind the Gentleman")
On Music & Parental Advice – A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles, the Man Behind the Gentleman
Posted on November 10, 2017 | No CommentsThe Man Behind the Gentleman My town library invited bestselling author Amor Towles to speak at its annual fundraiser and luncheon. He made a living in finance for decades […] -
![The Little Free Library (LFL) is up, in the yard, along the road, by the wooded end of our lot. It is full of books of all kinds, fiction, non-fiction, young […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4576-115x115.jpg "Little Free Library – Charter # 46480 – For the Love of Reading")
Little Free Library – Charter # 46480 – For the Love of Reading
Posted on September 12, 2017 | 3 CommentsThe Little Free Library (LFL) is up, in the yard, along the road, by the wooded end of our lot. It is full of books of all kinds, fiction, non-fiction, young […] -
![Quain was in the habit of arguing that readers were an already extinct species. [Babylon Lottery, Ficciones] Then Bioy Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Borges-115x115.png "The Labyrinth, the Mind, the Imagination – Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges")
The Labyrinth, the Mind, the Imagination – Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Posted on August 25, 2017 | No CommentsQuain was in the habit of arguing that readers were an already extinct species. [Babylon Lottery, Ficciones] Then Bioy Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated […]