Print vs Digital: Our Reading Brains Are Changing

29 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by Richard in Articles & Books of Interest

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"Skim Reading", "Skimming", "The Guardian", Deep Reading, Digital Reading, Maryanne Wolf, Print Reading

Apparently, our reading brains are changing as we all move from a print medium to a digital one. More of our reading at all ages is being done not from print — newspapers, magazines, books, documents, etc. — but from digital platforms — screens, computers, email, iPads, Kindles etc.).

If you read the article below using this MillersTime website, you are not as likely to get as much from it as if you read it from The Guardian’s print edition. As Maryanne Wolf writes, the new norm in reading is “skimming, and while there are advantages to that, there are also costs (“unintended collateral damage”), for those just learning to read to those of us who have been reading from print formats for years, and to our society at large.

Check out the article below. I think it has important information and some things to consider for all of us.

Thru Ellen’s Lens: Wyoming

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures, Family and Friends

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Grand Teton National Park, Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole, Spring Creek Ranch, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park

Usually we just post photos from trips abroad, but as many of you know, the US has as much outstanding scenery and wonderful sites to visit as almost any place in the world.

Below are a baker’s dozen photos from a recent family trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park, and Yellowstone National Park. Thus, you get not only the benefit of Ellen’s eye but also a glimpse of the family too.

The best way to see these photos, however, is in the slide show which you can access by following the instructions below.

Free Sept. Nats’ Tickets – Join Me or Go Yourself

27 Monday Aug 2018

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baseball, Free Seats, Nats, September Baseball, The Washington Nationals, Washington Nationals

These are the final September games when you can see the Nats, either with or without me, mostly at no cost to you.

National Book Festival – Sept.1

23 Thursday Aug 2018

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Amy Tan, Andrew Sear Greer, Brad Graham, Children's Authors, Dave Eggers, David Shannon, DC Convention Center, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Erin Entrada Kelly, Isabel Allende, Jacqueline Woodson, James & Deborah Fallows, Jennifer Egan, Jewell Parker, Jon Meacham, Kate Di Camillo & Harry Bliss, Leigh Bardugo, Library of Congress, Lissa Muscatine, Louise Penny, Madeleine Albright, Mark Bowden, Matt de la Pena & Loren Long, Min Jin Lee, National Book Festival, Politics & Prose, Rachel & Nikki Russell, Ron Chernow & Steve Coll, Roxanne Gay, Sonia Sotomayor, Stuart Eizenstat, Tara Westover, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

One of the delights of the end of summer in DC is the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival. This full day of all things book related moved from the National Mall to the DC Convention Center several years ago, and so you can enjoy the many and varied activities indoors, with air-conditioning.

Do You Know of Jordan Peterson?

10 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Richard in Articles & Books of Interest, The Outer Loop

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"12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos", "The Atlantic", Caitlin Flanagan, Jordan P. Peterson, The Atlantic Magazine

Thanks to several emails from my friend who sees the world somewhat differently than I, here is an article by Caitlin Flanagan published Aug 9, 2018 in The Atlantic that he encouraged me to read. I pass it on to MillersTime readers as I start to explore more about what this man, Jordan Peterson, has to say.

I find the title and some of what Flanagan writes to focus perhaps too heavily on the “Left” in our political world when I gather Peterson is also warning the “Right” at the same time.

Let me know if you explore Peterson’s writing, podcasts, etc., and what you think about what he has to say.

“Success Has Many Fathers…”

09 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Richard in Go Sox

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Alex Cora, Andrew Benintendi, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chris Sale, Dave Dombrowski, David Price, Eduardo Nunez, Eduardo Rodriquez. Craig Kimbrel, Ian Kinsler, Jackie Bradley Jr., JD Martinez, John Henry, Mitch Moreland, Mookie Betts, Nathan Eovaldi, NY Yankees, Rafael Devers, Red Sox, Rick Porcello, Sandy Leon, Sox, Theo Epstein

(Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

With the unexpected weekend sweep of four games over the Yankees Sunday night, the Sox went 9.5 games ahead of their chief rivals, the boys from the Bronx. As of last night, the Sox have a record of 81-35 (.704), and both Sox and Yankee followers are saying the race is over for the AL East Division.

Those of us who have been Sox fans for many years (at least 68 of my 75 years) know the truth of “it’s never over ’til it’s over.” With six games remaining between these two teams in the last 12 games of the season, if the Yankees make up five or so in the meantime, anything can happen.

Nevertheless, to play at a rate of winning seven out of every ten games for the first 115 games of the season is pretty special. Friends and foes alike have been asking me what’s making the Sox so good this year and are asking if I think it will it last.

As an obsessed and subjective Sox fan, these are the factors that strike me.