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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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On Literature Archive
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![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 […] -
![I’ve been reading a lot for grad school, a dozen plus books in a short time, some of which I’d read already, like this one. So yep, graduate school, ME […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_5644-115x115.jpg "Revisiting a Classic – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald")
Revisiting a Classic – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Posted on July 21, 2017 | No CommentsI’ve been reading a lot for grad school, a dozen plus books in a short time, some of which I’d read already, like this one. So yep, graduate school, ME […] -
![Word of the day: a cephalophore is any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands. Also: The family of mollusks with distinct heads. […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Summer-2011-868-115x115.jpeg "Keep Chirping – Poetry & What Divides Us")
Keep Chirping – Poetry & What Divides Us
Posted on April 28, 2017 | No CommentsWord of the day: a cephalophore is any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands. Also: The family of mollusks with distinct heads. […] -
![I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges When I travel I visit local bookstores, often the highlight of a trip. Footnotes from the World’s […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Daedalus-bookstore-115x115.jpg "A Lifetime in Books – Sandy’s List – Daedalus’s Bookseller")
A Lifetime in Books – Sandy’s List – Daedalus’s Bookseller
Posted on March 2, 2017 | 1 CommentI have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges When I travel I visit local bookstores, often the highlight of a trip. Footnotes from the World’s […] -
![If any man should ask you how the name Antoninus is written, would you, with a straining of voice, utter each letter? What if the questioner grew […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-9.49.11-PM-115x115.png "Can You Just Spell Your Name? Meditations by Marcus Aurelius")
Can You Just Spell Your Name? Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Posted on February 20, 2017 | No CommentsIf any man should ask you how the name Antoninus is written, would you, with a straining of voice, utter each letter? What if the questioner grew […] -
![For the next couple of weeks, I will share essays, poems, stories and readings . Here’s a good “sermon” for the season, regardless of religious background. The words are skillfully chosen and arranged to […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Kindness-xmas-115x115.jpg "Keeping Christmas by Henry van Dyke")
Keeping Christmas by Henry van Dyke
Posted on December 13, 2016 | No CommentsFor the next couple of weeks, I will share essays, poems, stories and readings . Here’s a good “sermon” for the season, regardless of religious background. The words are skillfully chosen and arranged to […] -
![Jane, Rochester, Fairfax. The mention of characters in literature conjures emotions and memories, as much as the scent of balsam fir and the crackle of a fire reminds us of […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/MadwomanInTheAttic-115x115.jpg "Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea & the Madwoman in the Attic")
Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea & the Madwoman in the Attic
Posted on December 9, 2016 | No CommentsJane, Rochester, Fairfax. The mention of characters in literature conjures emotions and memories, as much as the scent of balsam fir and the crackle of a fire reminds us of […] -
![This Thanksgiving I want to share something I learned from my reading this year, but first a little back story on why it resonates so deeply. BIG PERSONALTIES I grew […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4206-115x115.jpg "Big Personalities and How to Deal with Them – Marcus Aurelius’s 9 Principles")
Big Personalities and How to Deal with Them – Marcus Aurelius’s 9 Principles
Posted on November 23, 2016 | 2 CommentsThis Thanksgiving I want to share something I learned from my reading this year, but first a little back story on why it resonates so deeply. BIG PERSONALTIES I grew […] -
![I’ve been reading a collection of short stories by James Salter, the pen name for a 1945 West Point graduate born James Arnold Horowitz. I didn’t know anything […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Gators-Dress-Gray-pose-115x115.jpg "To the Rear March – A West Point Reunion – James Salter’s Lost Sons")
To the Rear March – A West Point Reunion – James Salter’s Lost Sons
Posted on October 25, 2016 | No CommentsI’ve been reading a collection of short stories by James Salter, the pen name for a 1945 West Point graduate born James Arnold Horowitz. I didn’t know anything […]