Larisa A. White
@larisa-a-white.com
M.S.Ed., Ph.D. • Indie scholar • Author • Teaching the power & joy of learning • Ecosystem restorationist (California) • Celebrating nature • Advocating stewardship • Weaving tales of cross-cultural & inter-species relations.
https://larisa-a-white.com
https://larisa-a-white.com
Thank goodness! I have been using that, as well.
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Thank goodness! I have been using that, as well.
Well, which one were you using?
January 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Well, which one were you using?
California's annual battle between sunshine and cloudbursts has begun.
Welcome, Rainbow Season!!!
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Welcome, Rainbow Season!!!
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January 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
California's annual battle between sunshine and cloudbursts has begun.
Welcome, Rainbow Season!!!
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Welcome, Rainbow Season!!!
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I'm hoping my book will help students, teachers, parents, and policy-makers see more clearly what is really at stake.
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I'm hoping my book will help students, teachers, parents, and policy-makers see more clearly what is really at stake.
I think a lot of the trouble is: many teachers understand very little about how the brain learns (spent a lot of years teaching teachers); and more importantly, learners are entirely clueless - as are most edu policy makers. That makes them all easy targets for a shiny sales pitch w/ $$ attached.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I think a lot of the trouble is: many teachers understand very little about how the brain learns (spent a lot of years teaching teachers); and more importantly, learners are entirely clueless - as are most edu policy makers. That makes them all easy targets for a shiny sales pitch w/ $$ attached.
My book focuses on how human bodies/brains actually learn, remember, forget, judge, and create. It goes into great detail about how our choices & actions can make learning easier & more efficient, or more difficult/impossible. Our choices about if/when/how we use technology, esp. AI are key to that.
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
My book focuses on how human bodies/brains actually learn, remember, forget, judge, and create. It goes into great detail about how our choices & actions can make learning easier & more efficient, or more difficult/impossible. Our choices about if/when/how we use technology, esp. AI are key to that.
No so; but it does actually take a bit of time to research, write, edit, and publish a thoughtful book on the matter that both gets into the neurobiological details of the matter whilst remaining sufficiently clear and simple to be enjoyed by 9th graders (& up).
I #amwriting it as fast as I can!
I #amwriting it as fast as I can!
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
No so; but it does actually take a bit of time to research, write, edit, and publish a thoughtful book on the matter that both gets into the neurobiological details of the matter whilst remaining sufficiently clear and simple to be enjoyed by 9th graders (& up).
I #amwriting it as fast as I can!
I #amwriting it as fast as I can!
Ooof! Forgot how much focus is required to learn a new craft! Just took 30 min to stitch this guide line for my first counted cross-stitch pattern. Can barely see the threads, or reach around the frame. Must learn to work 2-handed & by feel. But the goal will be worth the struggle, I deem:
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January 3, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Ooof! Forgot how much focus is required to learn a new craft! Just took 30 min to stitch this guide line for my first counted cross-stitch pattern. Can barely see the threads, or reach around the frame. Must learn to work 2-handed & by feel. But the goal will be worth the struggle, I deem:
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Preparing to teach English w/ new focus: Why do humans write? Who writes? What do we write? Whose writing matters? To whom does it matter? What makes it matter? How does reading affect our ability to think and learn? How does it shape the future? Give examples from literature studied.
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Preparing to teach English w/ new focus: Why do humans write? Who writes? What do we write? Whose writing matters? To whom does it matter? What makes it matter? How does reading affect our ability to think and learn? How does it shape the future? Give examples from literature studied.
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
You have just been added. Welcome!
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
You have just been added. Welcome!
Hello Bluesky Druid Grove!
We have just reached 200 members in our little community.
Keep sharing your journeys.
And blessings of Land, Sea, and Sky for the New Year.
🥳🎉🥂
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We have just reached 200 members in our little community.
Keep sharing your journeys.
And blessings of Land, Sea, and Sky for the New Year.
🥳🎉🥂
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January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hello Bluesky Druid Grove!
We have just reached 200 members in our little community.
Keep sharing your journeys.
And blessings of Land, Sea, and Sky for the New Year.
🥳🎉🥂
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We have just reached 200 members in our little community.
Keep sharing your journeys.
And blessings of Land, Sea, and Sky for the New Year.
🥳🎉🥂
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Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove, @wildlifewizard.bsky.social
You are the 200th member to join our little community here!
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You are the 200th member to join our little community here!
Please post an intro when you have a moment, and don't forget the little /|\ for any posts you want to appear in the feed.
January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove, @wildlifewizard.bsky.social
You are the 200th member to join our little community here!
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Thematically, that is the essence of it, but there are a set of common-core practices that are shared by Druids across the world. If I recall correctly, we discussed them (briefly) in that interview.
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Thematically, that is the essence of it, but there are a set of common-core practices that are shared by Druids across the world. If I recall correctly, we discussed them (briefly) in that interview.
Wow! I had never heard of Emily Carr, nor seen her work. I love the feeling of movement in that undergrowth! Thanks for sharing.
December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wow! I had never heard of Emily Carr, nor seen her work. I love the feeling of movement in that undergrowth! Thanks for sharing.
No kidding. I just pulled all my books from Kindle. Scary stuff.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
No kidding. I just pulled all my books from Kindle. Scary stuff.
@delilahwaan.bsky.social Thank you for all your work on this issue!
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
@delilahwaan.bsky.social Thank you for all your work on this issue!
An excellent analysis of Kobo's approach to the use of AI on our eBooks; a worthwhile watch for indie authors!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdZP...
Better than Amazon/Kindle, to be sure, but still concerning...
🖋️📖💰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdZP...
Better than Amazon/Kindle, to be sure, but still concerning...
🖋️📖💰
Kobo embraces AI: What YOU need to know
YouTube video by Paper Tiger
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
An excellent analysis of Kobo's approach to the use of AI on our eBooks; a worthwhile watch for indie authors!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdZP...
Better than Amazon/Kindle, to be sure, but still concerning...
🖋️📖💰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdZP...
Better than Amazon/Kindle, to be sure, but still concerning...
🖋️📖💰
You have just been added!
And welcome.
And welcome.
December 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You have just been added!
And welcome.
And welcome.
Bob the Minion, my long-time writing companion, is excited to have made the cut to be pictured in my upcoming book on human learning — when you practice explaining things to others (especially to a very simple-minded & enthusiastic rubber duck), it really can help you learn!
#amwriting #education
#amwriting #education
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Bob the Minion, my long-time writing companion, is excited to have made the cut to be pictured in my upcoming book on human learning — when you practice explaining things to others (especially to a very simple-minded & enthusiastic rubber duck), it really can help you learn!
#amwriting #education
#amwriting #education
Done! Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Done! Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove.
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More corporate thieves. Great.
Just found out about this today, and pulled all my books from Kindle. My eBooks are still available via Apple Books and Kobo (for now), and direct via my website.
Seriously weighing the pros and cons of eBook distribution at all in the age of AI.
🖋️📖💰
Just found out about this today, and pulled all my books from Kindle. My eBooks are still available via Apple Books and Kobo (for now), and direct via my website.
Seriously weighing the pros and cons of eBook distribution at all in the age of AI.
🖋️📖💰
New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
More corporate thieves. Great.
Just found out about this today, and pulled all my books from Kindle. My eBooks are still available via Apple Books and Kobo (for now), and direct via my website.
Seriously weighing the pros and cons of eBook distribution at all in the age of AI.
🖋️📖💰
Just found out about this today, and pulled all my books from Kindle. My eBooks are still available via Apple Books and Kobo (for now), and direct via my website.
Seriously weighing the pros and cons of eBook distribution at all in the age of AI.
🖋️📖💰
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Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove!
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Welcome to Bluesky Druid Grove!
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Just enjoyed our family's heartwarming holiday movie tradition, celebrating the shift from darkness toward light, and our love of Nature by watching, "Fly Away Home."
(A girl & her father teach orphaned goslings to fly south for the winter, using a pair of ultralight planes.)
(A girl & her father teach orphaned goslings to fly south for the winter, using a pair of ultralight planes.)
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Just enjoyed our family's heartwarming holiday movie tradition, celebrating the shift from darkness toward light, and our love of Nature by watching, "Fly Away Home."
(A girl & her father teach orphaned goslings to fly south for the winter, using a pair of ultralight planes.)
(A girl & her father teach orphaned goslings to fly south for the winter, using a pair of ultralight planes.)
Just got woken up by blaring sirens at 2am, warning me of an imminent flash flood "in my area".
My house is at the top of a great big foothill in the Coast Range Mountains.
That would have to be SOME BIBLICAL FLOOD!
🙄
My house is at the top of a great big foothill in the Coast Range Mountains.
That would have to be SOME BIBLICAL FLOOD!
🙄
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just got woken up by blaring sirens at 2am, warning me of an imminent flash flood "in my area".
My house is at the top of a great big foothill in the Coast Range Mountains.
That would have to be SOME BIBLICAL FLOOD!
🙄
My house is at the top of a great big foothill in the Coast Range Mountains.
That would have to be SOME BIBLICAL FLOOD!
🙄