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    Put those teenagers out to pasture
    Lara Neri
    • Sep 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    Put those teenagers out to pasture

    For some months now, I have been consumed with starting this little school, Saint Anthonys' Academy. It is a place I first conceived of...
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    Chasing the White Whale
    Lara Neri
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 6 min

    Chasing the White Whale

    When I was at university there was a professor, Dr. Curtsinger, who was obsessed with Moby Dick. I never took any classes with him, but...
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    3 reasons to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum
    Lara Neri
    • Aug 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    3 reasons to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Despite many trips to Washington DC, I had never been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum until this summer. It is not one of the...
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    top 10 audible listens for a family road trip
    Lara Neri
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 7 min

    top 10 audible listens for a family road trip

    In our family, we listen to audiobooks constantly - in the car, playing legos, cooking, cleaning, getting ready to go to sleep. We have...
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    Not Arrested in Italy
    Lara Neri
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 6 min

    Not Arrested in Italy

    In the fall of 1995, I traveled to Italy to study for the semester at the University of Dallas Rome campus, located just outside of Rome...
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    My favorite Russian Murderer
    Lara Neri
    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    My favorite Russian Murderer

    My husband and I have just finished a refreshing three-day class at the Dallas Institute discussing Gogol’s Dead Souls, Melville’s...
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    Where is that lacrosse team?
    Lara Neri
    • May 9, 2019
    • 4 min

    Where is that lacrosse team?

    When I was a graduate student in literature, I came across two books that had a formative effect on my philosophy of education: John...
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    Lara Neri

    Akathist Art

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    Original Fine Art.   Hand-painted Iconography. 

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