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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26.8.14

Public Libraries Still Matter in the Age of Amazon

Poets House in Battery Park City (Manhattan) is a good model for how libraries should look and feel. News flash: libraries have been ...

8.8.14

"Back to School": When You’ve Been Out Of School (For Awhile)

Talking to an adult learner on the N train today, she told me she likes to see the young kids squirm in their seats when she gets t...

27.7.14

Brooklyn Notebook: Leif Ericson Commemoration on Fourth Avenue in South Brooklyn

In this post, I take a stroll in South Brooklyn and stumble upon a plaque in a park. Ho, there, Leif Ericson! According to @forgottenny , t...

26.7.14

A Lagniappe Of Dumplings At Xi'an's Famous Foods

Have you ever been to Xi'an's Famous Foods in the East Village (or their other locations)? It's stupid good. A trio of my fri...

25.7.14

Photograph: "A World Within A World"

From Instagram : This is what happens when you zoom your camera into the recesses of weird nooks and crannies of a building. "A...

20.7.14

Photographs: Walking Underneath the Hell Gate Bridge in Randall's Island Park

Setting: A Randall's island soccer field with the Hell Gate Bridge cutting through like a beeline. Where's that crack train from A...

6.7.14

Movie Review: Le Petit Amour (Kung-Fu Master!)

Jane Birkin and Mathieu Demy in Le Petit Amour ( Kung Fu Master! ), Dir. Agnès Varda (1988) I recently saw Le Petit Amour ( Kung-F...

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