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October 9, 2020
Ask Norman: Is Life in the Fish Tank Fun?
Norman’s back in his fishbowl for Pet-O-Rama
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Ask Norman: Is Life in the Fish Tank Fun?
Norman’s back in his fishbowl for Pet-O-Rama!
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October 7, 2020
Poetry Challenge #160-Walk or Bike to School Day!
With this new wonky school year—with all the variations—underway, today’s designation as National Walk or Bike to School Day (Oct 7) may be wonky, too.
Check the date on this poster…brings Carly Simon to mind: “Rolling around again. How did you get to school 5, 15, 25 years ago...
September 30, 2020
Poetry Challenge #159-Chew On This!
Gift for my 17th birthday & blatant product placement…
Double mint chewing gum/it’s the one/tastes so fun/made for me and you…
For much of my young life, that jingle—like the gum it touted—was stuck in my head. I resurrected it and a few others especially for today, Sep...
September 29, 2020
Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 188 Lockdown-Everybody! Do It!
Ben Does It Swinging
That is 6 months, 4 days of my personal Lockdown, isolation, social distancing, virtual meetings, constant low-level/high-level anxiety ....
September 24, 2020
Goldfish to Artist: Interview & Give Away: Noah Z Jones...About that Sweatband?
One Amazing Interview with Noah Z Jones, the artist/creator of our finny goldfish, yes…Norman!Noah Z Jones: the Human, the Artist & Goldfish Imaginer, the Disposal:
NTG: Do you have a pet? If so, what kind and what’s its name?
NZG: We’ve got three pets. A hermit crab named Pineapple and two loafy guinea pigs, Hippo and Pand...
September 16, 2020
Poetry Challenge #158-Mine for Lines--Foundlings
“Nikki Grimes” saying her name is synonymous with poetry. The way Nikki lives, loves, creates is pure poetry—as are her books! I keep a copy of her WORDS WITH WINGS on my desk-always!
A few years back I was g...
September 11, 2020
Poetry Challenge #157-Cinnamon Raisin Kind of Day
Can’t you imagine the smell? Cinnamon, sweet with sugar. Yeasty smell of freshly baked bread. Tangy saucy raisins daring to be plucked… Stomach growling?
With it’s swirly cinnamon sugar yummy-ness, who (a...
Ask Norman: Is Life in the Fish Tank Fun?
Hey Kids! What do you think Norman does for fun in th...
September 9, 2020
Poetry Challenge #156-Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a . . . Ferret?
If Theodore Roosevelt hadn’t been a hunter; if he had not refused to shoot the tired old bear guides had trapped to the tree expressly so the 26th President would have had a clear shot; and if cartoonist Clifford Berryman hadn’t immortalized the moment in a that 1902 Washington Post cartoon (and many others), what animal ...
