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May 1, 2020
Ask Norman...How Many Teeth . . . ?
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April 29, 2020
Poetry Challenge #137- XYZipppppper!
Two Part Question: 1. Did you wear a coat or pants today? 2. How did you clasp the front closed?
If your answer to the second part was I zipped up! Then put on your party hat and lets here it for Elias Howe!* Its National Zipper Day!
Elias Howes first zipper wasnt called a zipper. When Howe filed his patent in 1851, it was for an Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure. But Howe never tried to market or sell his invention, so it wasnt until 42 year later when Whitcomb Judson patented a...
April 24, 2020
Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 30 Lockdown
We are officially out of quarantine. Two weeks ago, yesterday, we arrived back in US.
Weird how being in Lockdown feels routine, normal sort of . . . in such an abnormal way Were all zooming, chatting with folks we never chatted with before, making friends with strangersconnected via shared separation. Or are we connecting because at 6-feet apart its safe? Theres a hook
Worldwide: 2.8 million confirmed CoVid cases; more than...Ask Norman...Do You Ever Get Thirsty?
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April 22, 2020
Poetry Challenge #136-Happy 50th Earth Day
The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970fifty years ago! It is now celebrated by millions of people all over the world who care about our planet.
Check out One Square Inch of Silence which was founded on Earth Day in 2005 to find out how you can participate in expanding naturally silent spaces around the globe.
The concept of Earth Day was established in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. On March 21, 1970, a sanctioned Proclamation was signed by Secretary General U Thant at the...
Poetry Challenge #137-Happy 50th Earth Day
The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970fifty years ago! It is now celebrated by millions of people all over the world who care about our planet.
Check out One Square Inch of Silence which was founded on Earth Day in 2005 to find out how you can participate in expanding naturally silent spaces around the globe.
The concept of Earth Day was established in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. On March 21, 1970, a sanctioned Proclamation was signed by Secretary General U Thant at the...
April 20, 2020
Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 25 Lockdown Limbo: Gotta Plan-Gotta Laugh!
ONLY 25 ?????? Who am I to complain?
I know, right? When everyone in the US has been Self-Isolating/Safety-Distancing/ LOCKDOWN for a soooooooooo much longer than that! And WHOO-HOO! The curve in many placesItaly, China, SpainCalifornia, Washington, New York is flattening. We are winning! Right! Right?
In SA, with 3,158 confirmed CoVid cases & 54 deaths theyre calling this Lockdown Limbo. That place of quiet between Help! Were...
April 17, 2020
Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 22 Lockdown: Oldsters-No-Sew/No-Seeums-Prom
Worldwide: More than 2,133 million CoVid-19 cases in 177 countries; at least 143,000 people have died.
7 days since we were evacuated from Cape Town, South Africa. The time has gone so quicklyand so slowly. We still arent in our home (weve let it to a NYC family with 3 small children), so we are stilljust floating glug-glug. We arent alone, searches for What Day Is It? have spiked.
April 15, 2020
Poetry Challenge #135-Bird Therapy During this Time of CoVid
Stop! Listen! Whats that Sound? Everybody look whats flitting round! * Birds! Hear them? See them? Now, in this time of CoVid-19 mandated Lockdown, with most human-made noises stilled and human activity slowed, Birds are everywhere! (Or were they always everywhere and we were too busy to notice?) Im noticing now!
Theres something therapeutic about watching birds flutter and flit about, calling to each otherespecially now when we humans are trapped in our cages and the...
Poetry Challenge #136-Bird Therapy During this Time of CoVid
Stop! Listen! Whats that Sound? Everybody look whats flitting round! * Birds! Hear them? See them? Now, in this time of CoVid-19 mandated Lockdown, with most human-made noises stilled and human activity slowed, Birds are everywhere! (Or were they always everywhere and we were too busy to notice?) Im noticing now!
Theres something therapeutic about watching birds flutter and flit about, calling to each otherespecially now when we humans are trapped in our cages and the birds are free. For...
