The Mystery
I write She paints. The land and its history speak to both of us. Let yourself go deep into the detailed subtleties of brushstrokes...
"I've Believed"
Alice, having made the tumble that landed her in the fantastical kingdom of Wonderland, naturally had questions and concerns as to how...
Averages versus Individuals
This past summer I started working with a daring, visionary person from the nearby town of Andrews. NC. When I first extended the...
"Model" Captures our Mission
Lifting verbiage from Terada Mokei, a small paper craft company, "Replicas and models are often confused for one another. Replicas are...
Education Defined:"An Aid to Life"
OPEN EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH drive the bold goals of the BLU SKY INITIATIVE. Each element deserves more...
Coming Into Its Own
Bold and daring, based on Three Essential Elements: Open Education Neighborhood Living Public Health BLU SKY INITIATIVE: Dedicated to...
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A Rally Cry for The Year of the Child
In the introductory pages of Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work, author E.M. Standing draws on the great educator's many references to...
A Holiday Message
As a student, a teacher, or a school administrator for the majority of my years on earth, this holiday season has always been a time to...
A Venn Diagram Story
This marble sign, still in place, is placed to the right of the main entrance of what was originally The Econo Lodge of Murphy and Dragon...
How Many Dumpsters Later?
Last Thursday's blog prompted several people to ask for an update on the10,000 sq.ft. renovation project taking place in what has...
The Curve Ball
The recent November 18, 2021, blog "Our Niche` as We Reach for the Sky", developed a February 2021 point on the PROJECT BLU SKY timeline:...
Gratitude
Embrace gratitude, a word that opens doors and warms hearts throughout the seasons, throughout the year. Happy Thanksgiving.
Our Niche` as We Reach for the Sky
The story timeline of PROJECT BLU SKY has, up to this point, focused on the Architect + Educator, with facility details outweighing the...
Why "Blu" Sky?
Many have asked, "Why do you use the spelling "blu" versus the more traditional "blue" for PROJECT BLU SKY? "Blu" interpretations range...
Another Piece of the Vision
https://alukastorytellingphotography.com Chris Aluka Berry (@alukastories) Architect James Hanis gave yet another assignment in late...
The Image Emerges
As promised in the October 7, 2021 blog: The Facility Vision Timeline, here is the first imagery of the Blu Sky Observatory shared back...
Back to Preschool
As our architect James Hanis first shared imagery of Blu Sky Observatory with me starting in October 2019, he simultaneously began to...
The Facility Vision Timeline
October 2019: The first image of "Blu Sky Observatory " was shared by James Hanis, Architect, with Mary Jo Dyre, Educator. ( I will...
Facility Dream + E-STEAM
Over the course of 2017-2019 the facility dream, designed by Architect James Hanis and driven by The Learning Center approach to...
PROJECT BLU SKY: EARLY PLANNING
The immersion planning stage of PROJECT BLU SKY officially began in spring 2017. Correspondence with James Hanis, Architect, continued...
The Think Tank Homework
Long before this inspiring graphic was created to capture Project Blu Sky, a team came together forming an in-house Strategic Planning...
PROJECT BLU SKY: Part 2: Architect + Artist
Within a few days of first meeting with the architect who showed up, unexpectedly to say the least, in the parking lot of The Learning...
PROJECT BLU SKY
Late December 2016 brought James Hanis, NCARB certified architect, to North Carolina to visit friends in Asheville and Murphy who had...
Project Blu Sky Story
I would not have said even a week ago that the time has come to split my blog writing between the ongoing chronicles of The Learning...