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Fizzy Fact of the Year

Our friend Steve was describing a birding trip he recently enjoyed. In real life he doctors most of our family, but he is a credentialed ornithologist and a hoot to be around. My husband, a bird-watcher from way b…
Tip for Closed Eyes in Photos

Jim - an excellent wedding photographer - gave me the best photography tip EVER. When I was in Pennsylvania we had to take the requisite family pictures. "I'm sorry, but my eyes are always closed in pictures. I t…
It's About Science

Science is my nemesis. I never got it. I didn't get the sparks, the aha! moments, the passion. My dear friend, however, almost chirps - she waves her hands and rocks up on her toes - she's that excited about scie…
A Display of Ignorance

Ah Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. "I didn't want to show my ignorance" - that's the wrong road for an intelligent young woman to travel. Showing ignorance is how we learn, it's how we get strangers to tell us their stories, it'…
Don't Miss Planet Earth

I don't know who to thank for the tip to see Planet Earth. Thank you, unknown friend! Here's the deal: whenever a blog or essay mentions a book that I want to read, I go to and add the book to my Reminder list. An…
Best Of

I picked up a book and learned enough HTML on Saturday to add a little module on the side called Best Of. I put links to my favorite posts there. When I'm new to a blog, I appreciate reading the writer's favorites, e…
Reading Around the World, Part 1

My son and I are studying the 20th century this year in our final year of History/Literature. Although the 20th century is chock full of atrocities and evil, I can honestly say that I'm really enjoying our stud…
Regrettable

The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnished the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing in the past, to come, in time, to an understanding of the best writi…
Learning Purringly

Honestly? I think my job-teaching myself and my children-is the cat's meow. I love learning something new, connecting it to what I already know, asking more questions, reviewing new information, tossing it out for d…
No Dancing in Waltzing Matilda

File this under: "You Learn Something New Every Day." I'm catching up on People and Places itching to get out of the "A" countries and into the "Bs". But the section on Australia is HUGE. And next thing you know, …