Tag Archives: Delaware Humanities

700 million strong x 2000+ – Literacy Can’t Be on the Wrong Side of Right

August 24th – it happened. National Book Festival. Of course many think is an event for bibliophiles only. True to a point but, realizations set in as I looked around at the over 2000 people, (really it had to be … Continue reading

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Literary Relevant

It has been almost NINE months since the Humanities Conference in Los Angeles, can you believe it? And YET, there once again is a remnant and reminder of an amazing event that occurred reoccurring in a different form this summer … Continue reading

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Impressionable impressions…from empowerment to podcasting, a student’s initiative.

So here’s impressive. Awhile back, I asked students (because I feel often, so many opinions are not asked to the correct audience) their thoughts on libraries, censorship, etc..) . Their opinions came in many different waves and forms- and one … Continue reading

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Scratch and…Sniff Poetry?

So yes, last month contained School Library Month, week, day, along with National Library Week AND….opportunity to set up events for a whole year to follow. Case in point, making connections to everything around us it VITALLY important. Girls Who … Continue reading

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Delaware Humanities, Day 1 Upon Us

November 10, 2022 Preconference Workshop Museum on Main Street 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Looking back on the off the flight, to the Huntington Gardens as depicted in this post – harrybrake.com/2022/11/19/classrooms-exist-around-us/ It was a LONG Day traveling from the … Continue reading

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Classrooms Exist Around Us

Imagine Longwood Gardens , 1,100 acres, and visiting a garden that seems to to triple that, but is only 130 acres, This will give you an idea of the overwhelming immensity and beauty that is the Huntington. Stepping off the … Continue reading

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CrossRoads

Original sodafountain beverages, crabcakes, Scrapple fries, nostalgic, traditional farming tools, historical artifacts from the past, peach ice cream, why, we must be in Delaware! You would be 100% percent correct, sitting at the crossroad of Rural America and individuals from … Continue reading

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