Category Archives: The Aspiring Handyman
Millennials Should Learn Trades, Say College Educated Writers
This NPR piece, and other like it based on the arguments of economist Anthony Carnevale of Georgetown University, have been making the rounds on my social media over the past few weeks. The NPR journalist, Chris Arnold, builds on Carnevale’s work to argue that … Continue reading
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Tagged Higher Education, media
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In Defense of the Econoline
After briefly flirting with the status of two-car family, an unfortunate encounter with a new 16-year-old driver in Fairfax this weekend has knocked us back down to being a one-car family again. I thought I would take advantage of this … Continue reading
Inhabiting Fxbg’s Landscape of Slavery
In my last post on Carter’s Grove, I found myself imaging what it would be like to inhabit a landscape so thoroughly imbued with slavery. This train of thought led to my wondering about Fredericksburg’s landscape of slavery. Slavery is … Continue reading
Carter’s Grove is For Sale
Does anyone want to give me $15 million? All I found under the couch this morning was a dime. I ask because Carter’s Grove, a plantation built on the James River just below Williamsburg in early 1750s for the descendants of Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged estates, Landscape of Slavery, real estate, slavery, Virginia
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Analog Day, Digital Day
This week’s assignment to explore “personal learning networks” through social media came at an auspicious time. Unlike Jason and Dave, last week’s snow days freed up some time for me, because of the particular moment I was in for each of … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Life, The Aspiring Handyman
Tagged Analog Humanities, architecture, Brian, Digital Humanities, fi, Fredericksburg, historic district, PLN, TTRSS, twitter
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In Which I Enjoyed City Bureaucracy
This evening Brian and I attended the monthly meeting of the City if Fredericksburg’s Architectural Review Board. We had a proposal before the board, seeking their approval to replace the entry door and add some signage to Skin+Touch Therapy‘s new … Continue reading
