by Phil Houseal | Apr 30, 2025 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
April 30, 2025–Are you a shusher or a susser? An ongoing debate has revived about the best way to teach kids. The battle lines are drawn as: 1) Sitting kids in desks lined up facing the front of the classroom. Back to basics, rote and repeat, teacher lecturing. This...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 23, 2025 | All Articles, Education, History, Music, Philosophy
April 23, 2025–Was telling some youngsters about how my Music Theory final was to score out the melody to Jingle Bells without using an instrument. I don’t think I did very well. We used our knowledge of intervals to sing it in our heads. I could do it now with my...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 9, 2025 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
April 9, 2025–A business guru recently proposed we could increase the global economy by 2-3% by installing large whiteboards in every home. This caught my attention because I am an inveterate wall scribbler. I have worked in offices where we truly believed if every...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 29, 2025 | All Articles, Education
January 29, 2025– “Bound and binding, binding, bound, Hear the sight, see the sound. What was lost now is found, Bound and binding, binding, bound.” You’re walking out of your house for an important appointment, when you remember you misplaced your...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 22, 2025 | All Articles, Education, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Jan 22, 2024–In my weekly scribblings I am always tickled when readers take time to respond, often to unexpected aspects of my columns. As happened when I received this: “Thank you for your article The Scent of Color, and thank you for your interest in Crayola...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 15, 2025 | All Articles, Education, Food, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Jan 15, 2024–If chickens didn’t exist, Elon Musk would have to invent them. Think about it. Chickens are the Swiss Army knives of the food pantry. Imagine the discussion around the table at The Creator’s Create-A-Creature Corporation. “OK, team. The boss wants us to...
