children: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? - 06/16/08 04:26 PM
June 2008 has arrived with a first-time headline for history--- cell phone additction puts children in a mental hospital for rehab! According to the Spanish media, 2 children ages 12 & 13, were hauled off by their parents, probably shouting "can you hear me now?!" Apparently these young siblings stopped being able (14 comments)
children: Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln! - 02/12/08 07:10 AM
"I am not bound to win, but I'm bound to be true. I‘am not bound to succeed, but I'm bound to live up to what LIGHT I have." Abraham Lincoln When I was very young, I fell in love with the legacy of Abraham Lincoln after reading a biography in a Best (7 comments)
children: Today the weather is FURRY --- HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY! - 02/02/08 05:31 AM
"IF CANDLEMAS DAY IS BRIGHT AND CLEAR, THERE'LL BE TWO WINTERS IN THE YEAR." The legend of Groundhog Day stems from this Scottish verse. In the late 1800's a man named Phil, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, began predicting whether or not the winter was going to be long, or if spring would (4 comments)
children: A House Tells A Story - 01/31/08 08:13 PM
Telling stories or listening to others' tales, we come to know the varied shapes of experience, and grow rich in our own perspective. Chilly winter evenings are wonderful times for storytelling, especially for children. And for a child who might, on occasion, not be very interested in listening to a book, (1 comments)
children: 12 inches of snow in Auburn Alabama - 01/19/08 10:04 PM
I never thought it would happen here... here in the hot town of Auburn Alabama, but TODAY it fell like manna from the heavens... TODAY IT WAS SNOWING!!! I was showing property in a very woodsy area, and got my camera out of the car to take some photos. When we went (1 comments)
children: Winter Solstice - 12/21/07 09:20 PM
Well this is it! The official day of midwinter, the WINTER SOLSTICE... the shortest day (and longest night) of the year in the northern hemisphere. A perfect evening for starting up the yule log, because this is a time of firelight and dreaming. While it's a busy, bustling time, it's really (3 comments)