Inspiring Generosity in the Arts | Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Nice to be featured here.
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by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist
Sometimes life sends you back to where you began so you can choose a different path forward.
The most important lessons in life can’t be taught. Only learned.
The table of contents (and the index) | Seth’s Blog
We’re at risk of becoming all index.
A similar theme to the previous stated elegantly.
Writing is Thinking | Jamie Thingelstad
Sometimes folks ask me if I use AI to help write the Weekly Thing and I tell them something just like this. No. I do not. Because the Weekly Thing is part of how I continue to learn myself. If I were to delegate that I would miss my own goal of learning.
Yep. This.
And I hope and pray that such ideas are at the heart of the discussions my daughter’s school, is having this summer around policy and procedures concerning the explosion of student A.I. use.
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine
This is a great story.
Also, my daughter is friends with and goes to school with a similar such wunderkind (also homeschooled until 10th grade) whose interest is in Applied Mathematics. I can’t wait to see how these kids change the world.
So good. Via Kottke
Massive Back Yard Cleanup: Before and Afters | Whoa to Wow
You will not believe the difference. Seriously.
The Back Garage Bed – a Project Long in Coming
My wife celebrates a hard fought win.
When you have a dream that to anyone would sound fantastical but, after a sip of coffee and some time to think, you realize it’s not that far outside the bounds of the actual life you live and you are filled with gratitude for all that is.