being a good host is a huge life-hack : )
big or small, it’s always a gift to gather. hosting people says “hey, i appreciate you. please take up more space in my life”
a few of my favourite genres of gathering —ft. some incredible hosts :
> show ‘n tells (i did this for my... See more
A few weeks ago, the Scottish American philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre died, aged 96. His best known work, After Virtue , is an extraordinary book. Despite its considerable impact over the past few decades (it was published in 1981), it still reads as a startlingly original, radical critique of modern society, and of moral philosophy itself.... See more
It was from Augustine that she borrowed the phrase amor mundi — “love of the world” — which would become a defining feature of her philosophy. Occupied by questions of why we succumb to and normalize evil, Arendt identified as the root of tyranny the act of making other human beings irrelevant. Again and again, she returned to Augustine for the... See more
demonstrating all the varied ways that child care supports strong families and strong communities that go beyond just helping parents work or helping kids know their alphabet before Kindergarten. That’s how we’re going to get the mindset shifts we need to win the big policy victories. Let’s talk about the ways that child care programs are sources... See more