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![Email1Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-13-at-6.20.43-PM-36x36.png "On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable")
On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable
Posted on June 13, 2020 | 1 CommentEmail1Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems […]
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![Email3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-10.13.35-PM-36x36.png "Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma")
Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsEmail3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]
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![Email0Facebook1Twitter4Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 “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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter4Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 “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 […]
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![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE IN PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes I wanted to share a short poem and what makes it special, why it works as a poem and a […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-31-at-5.15.20-PM-115x115.png "Raise Your Glass! A Toast by W.B. Yeats")
Raise Your Glass! A Toast by W.B. Yeats
Posted on January 31, 2020 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE IN PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes I wanted to share a short poem and what makes it special, why it works as a poem and a […] -
![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […] -
![Email1Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify I had a teacher in eighth grade named Miss Michaelson. She was a bit long in the tooth and had a jagged […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Spring-115x115.png "On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers")
On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers
Posted on October 10, 2019 | No CommentsEmail1Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify I had a teacher in eighth grade named Miss Michaelson. She was a bit long in the tooth and had a jagged […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […] -
![Email0Facebook4Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 April is National Poetry Month, which makes sense. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?* And here is spring, eluded and long postponed by wintry flurries […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ehrmann-Desiderata-115x115.jpg "Things Desired – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann")
Things Desired – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
Posted on April 9, 2018 | 2 CommentsEmail0Facebook4Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 April is National Poetry Month, which makes sense. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?* And here is spring, eluded and long postponed by wintry flurries […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 WINTER SOLSTICE There are sunnier days ahead! The days are getting longer with the winter solstice just past. Day length on December 22 is two seconds more […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-23-at-12.08.33-AM-115x115.png "Fruitcake & Friends & Truman Capote")
Fruitcake & Friends & Truman Capote
Posted on December 23, 2017 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 WINTER SOLSTICE There are sunnier days ahead! The days are getting longer with the winter solstice just past. Day length on December 22 is two seconds more […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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, […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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, […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]](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 CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 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 […]