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25.06.15 Almost 5
25.06.15 Almost 5
about a week ago

Maggie turns 5 in July

25.06.14 Campground Scooter Gang?
25.06.14 Campground Scooter Gang?
about a week ago

The grandchildren are getting pretty good at striking a pose for me.

25.03.26 Happy Travelers
25.03.26 Happy Travelers
about 2 months ago

Four travelers sticking a pose in the Waipio Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii.

25.03.24 Stairway To . . . ?
25.03.24 Stairway To . . . ?
about 3 months ago

Allerton Garden - Kauai, Hawaii

25.03.23 Morning Surprise
25.03.23 Morning Surprise
about 3 months ago

Who would have thought that we might end up swimming with dolphins?

25.03.22 The End of the Road
25.03.22 The End of the Road
about 3 months ago

Today’s post details the 2018 Puna eruption on Hawaii (the Big Island)

25.03.21 Kilauea Volcano Episode 14
25.03.21 Kilauea Volcano Episode 14
about 3 months ago

It was a good morning to be on the Big Island. . .

25.03.07 Toadstool Hoodoos - Utah
25.03.07 Toadstool Hoodoos - Utah
about 3 months ago

Today I present a very brief geology lesson.


09-27-14 A Ball & A Stick

September 27, 2014 in Blog, Family, people

By Scott Shephard

Buy a child a wonderful new toy that comes in a big box, and the child will probably end up playing in the box. Buy Glenyce Jane a new ball and, while it will hold her interest for a while, she is easily distracted from time to time by things that adults would probably ignore.

Watching Glenyce play with balls and sticks makes me think about what it means to be "open minded" and how it is that our minds become closed. In a nutshell, I think our minds are open when we are children and even things like sticks capture our interest. I think children are like scientists - they are curious and experimental. Unfortunately, as we get older, we often learn to close our minds, maybe because being dogmatic requires less effort.

I used to teach (and I believe) that one measure of a good mind how open it is to new ideas. Good minds seek opinion that is contradictory and  good minds are malleable, given reason and evidence. Good minds, in many ways, see the world as a child see it.

So this could be a photo about a brief moment in our granddaughter's playful life. Or it could be much more. . . . 

Canon 5DIII 1/250s f/2.8 ISO400 140mm

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