One of my favorite books of all time is “Oranges” by John McPhee. When I tell people this, they ask me what it’s about. “Oranges,” I say. “No, seriously; what’s it about?” “Oranges.” This is when they ...

Educational specimen box, for the education of children, assembled in England, mahogany, ca. 1850. Part One Contributor Gianofer Fields’ mission on Lake Effect has been to invite you to take a second ...

Since the 1960s, the reference book has cataloged how people actually use language, not how they should. That might be changing. An Object Lesson. Millions of publications—not to mention spy documents ...

Sobelle transforms this makeshift attic into a space of reflection and wonder as he unpacks our relationship to everyday objects: breaking, buying, finding, fixing, giving, losing, winning, trading, ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph. D. After other communication and correction have been unconvincing, parents may sometimes choose to use an object lesson to teach what repeated words have failed to convey ...

Around the world, the document establishes legal, social, and economic legitimacy. But it also makes compromises. An Object Lesson. Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy, also had a hand in ...