“Clean the owl …

“Clean the owl cage.”

Rockport, Massachusetts: Halibut Point State Park, where the mental owl cage gets a sprucing up.
Rockport, Massachusetts: Halibut Point State Park, where the mental owl cage gets a sprucing up.

Those who ponder the variants, whys, and wherefores of outdoor education will want to read this terrific post by Sean Musselman on what’s become a buzz phrase—”authentic learning experience.”

Meanwhile, as I write this,  I’m cleaning my own metaphorical owl cage by taking two disparate generations of family members on a coastal New England kite-flying expedition.

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