Science
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Grandparents and Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
Your two granddaughters come to visit while their mother copes with a new baby. Every morning, you pour mountainous bowls of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes for each one before they come downstairs. You set out spoons and the yellow milk pitcher. You have firm ideas about the propriety of leaving the cereal box on the table, so you put it back in Continue reading
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From Zymurgy to Zyzzyvas
Are you a dictionary lover? If so, you enjoy holding the book in your hands while browsing through its pages. You relish the distraction of looking up a word, because you see lots of other cool words along the way. I never mind when students do that; in fact, I encourage it. At their age, I’d visit Continue reading
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Peepers Herald Spring
Robert Frost described these tiny frogs’ sound as sleigh bells (Hyla Brook, c.1920). I call it my soundtrack of spring. Credit: Stan Lake, 2014, CatchingCreation.com Continue reading
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