Just in time for the holidays…
David and I participated in a free Webinar the other day entitled “Productive Conversations Without Confrontation” offered by the News Literacy Project (NLP). I’ve been following NLP for several years now. It’s primarily aimed at teachers and educators with the goal of teaching their students to question rather than blindly accept information they receive.
Read MoreWell, October 15th came and went and we were still in Las Vegas. There are several reasons for the delay that we’ll talk about in the next couple of days, but one key issue was voting. We received our mail-in ballots, did our research and inked in the appropriate blocks to vote for our candidates, judges and state referendum questions. Then we were feeling uncomfortable about mailing them in
Read MoreI’ve recently discovered the News Literacy Project, a non-profit, non-partisan group whose stated mission ‘empowers educators to teach students the skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and other information and engaged, informed participants in civic life.’ They’ve been offering webinars and I’ve been participating. You’ll be surprised to find out what I’ve learned… I certainly was.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
