ac ▪ cre ▪ tion /əˈkrēSHən/ Noun; 1. The process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter. 2. A thing formed or added by such growth or increase. As a student of historical archaeology in the late 1980s I learned early one of the canons of the discipline: … Continue reading Accretional Layers
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Quick Start
One day long ago I was chatting with a dear friend about some new device or other one of us was trying to figure out in the absence of a quick start guide—you know: the leaflet, or nowadays often DVD, that comes with a new gadget or gizmo and allows the impulsive among us to … Continue reading Quick Start
You have no choice.
On a sweltering day in August of 2009 a hundred or so ballet teachers in training at American Ballet Theatre’s New York City flagship facility shuffled back into muggy Studio 9 on ABT’s 4th floor following an hour lunch break; it was difficult to hear much except the clang of metal folding chairs over the … Continue reading You have no choice.
Sycamore Stories 