by Terri Willingham | Jun 26, 2014 | Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Nothing contributes so much to one’s sense of belonging to a community as much as ‘membership’ in a third place.” Ray Oldenburg, Ph.D, author The Great Good Place Ray Oldenburg is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. His...
by Terri Willingham | Jun 23, 2014 | compassion, Creativity, education, knowledge, Life, Makers, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
When you are authentic, transparent, you will stand out as you are truly seen. When you are transparent, others can “see through” you into you as your heart and true essence shines. You are clear, direct and kind. You are not an enigma; you don’t...
by Terri Willingham | Jun 9, 2014 | knowledge, Life, Makerspaces, science, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
Children are born scientists. They are always turning over rocks and plucking petals off flowers. They are always doing stuff that, by and large, is destructive. That’s what exploration really is when you think about it. An adult scientist is a kid who never grew up....
by Terri Willingham | Jun 2, 2014 | knowledge, Life, paradigm shifts, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Today, we want success in seventeen levels, or seventeen minutes, seventeen seconds — and when the promise of something new and better is just a click away, who wants to wait seventeen years? But that’s the thing that connects all of these great people — they played...
by Terri Willingham | May 28, 2014 | Libraries, Makers, Makerspaces, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” Ray Bradbury Google “Library of the Future” and you get 350 million results. Many examinations of the 21st century library include comments like “this isn’t your childhood...
by Terri Willingham | May 23, 2014 | education, Life, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again, when we get together with a motley collection of friends for the annual running of the Red Bull Creation challenge! This is the third year we’ve participated in the competition, a quirky contest of ingenuity, endurance and...
