Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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29.7.11

Why I Write Better When I am Homeless

Writing is probably good for you. Even with a due date. When homeless I am uprooted. But I have money in my pocket. Why do I write better? ...

Aesthetic Thursday: Max Beckmann, Beginning

"Beginning" Max Beckmann, 1949, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Triptychs The piece "Beginning" is a ...

24.7.11

Poem: A Monk Reads at Table

image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art at table reading, our minds most likely a cacophony of invective, misery, and lower bac...

Repost: The Relationship of Truth and Relativism by Marian Larman, O.S.B.

I came across this essay in my personal files. It is written by Marian Larman, a Benedictine priest who taught philosophy. This essay has ...

23.7.11

Who Are Your Reading Mentors?

Bonnie Bess Wood and Frank Levy, Innovators in Reading I take it for granted that I am a life-long reader. Yet I must stop and conside...

Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Another quiet place to read and study in Manhattan Interior, The Watson Library, image: the Metropolitan Museum of Art Probably not ...

Poets House, Lower Manhattan

Why go to Poets house? Poets House boasts 50,000 volumes of poetry in an open, eco-friendly environment that affords a view of the Huds...

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