“This week, the emphasis at PMOEC is not on our lecture series. This seems pretty obvious, but we try as hard to concentrate on the task at hand and for the past few weeks, other than work projects, all of our time has been spent gearing up for and enjoying our lectures. This week, we have focused on what it is that makes our center so special. On Monday afternoon we welcomed a busload of Canadian teenagers who are here to hone their English speaking skills in an immersion field trip. It is always a great feeling to step onto a bus in our parking lot when a group arrives and see the gamete of feelings personified on the varied faces; trepidation, excitement, anticipation. You name it, I see it. This week, I had an incredibly rare bonus when I stepped onto the bus. I saw familiar faces…”[Continue reading at Making Learning Natural: Where It All Begins.]
“Despite the fact that we have a week off from our lecture series, I do want to plant the idea of next week’s lecture a bit earlier than most. A few years ago, my introduction to PMOEC came through a lecture given by Sharp Swan. Sharp is the Director of Pok-O-MacCready Camps, board member of PMOEC and direct descendent of the man who founded the camp over a century ago. This lecture was captivating. Sharp’s knowledge about the practices at logging camps, their locations and stories from within their ranks can not be paralleled by any single scholar, or library for that matter. And Sharp’s zest for life and optimism for what is in front of him would make a staged reading of the phone book an interesting evening. Yet next Thursday, Sharp will be once again be speaking about logging in the Adirondacks; a topic that he too finds fascinating. It is a must see.”
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