In September Folk Session start up again at Mayslake Peabody Estate. The video on this post manifests the end goal of the Folk Sessions—helping families develop an authentic musical culture….
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My last post was about the relationship between apprenticeship and education. Here is a great clip of the famous bluegrass/folk guitarist Doc Watson with his family and Earl Scruggs playing…
All boys yearn to be apprenticed to a master, to learn a craft, or a skill. They aspire to become a master themselves. When they do not see the point…
The Art of Manliness is an excellent site for fostering a renewal of manliness in our culture. Brett McKay, the founder, wrote a short note to me not too long…
Click here to read more about Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv in his critically acclaimed book Last Child in the Woods, explains the nature deficit disorder that is…
Click here to read the article in the Atlantic Monthly The recent article in the Atlantic, How Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free Play, is a brief interesting article on…
Hello Makers, This contest sounds interesting. I spoke to a young lad the other day who had a great idea for a remote control car race, so when I saw…
The following article appeared in the April/May issue of the St. Croix Review. //www.stcroixreview.com I have a continuing series called “Educating the Lost Boys” in this journal. Soon I will…
Click here to read Robert Littel’s essay. With Father’s Day just around the corner, I figure that posting Robert Littel’s famous essay on “What the Young Man Should Know” is…