I’ll bet you didn’t know about a famous magazine called the Saturday Evening Post. Or if you did, I’ll bet you didn’t know it’s been around for about 300 years. Yikes…that’s even farther back than I can remember. For some reason this evening (probably because it’s Saturday) I put on my writing for kids thinking cap to come up with a quick rhyming blog … Read the rest…
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You’re a beautifully designed creature with very special gifts. So, go ahead and smile. Yeah, you can taste and smell and hear and see and feel things. And you have about one hundred billion brain cells where you can store all those flavors and scents and sounds and sights and feelings. Then your brain can take what it remembers and make pictures in your … Read the rest…
Hey, why don’t you mind your own business? And for that matter, why don’t I mind mine? I think you and I both know the answer. Right? How can you mind your own business in this age of the internet? Yeah, if you’re gonna be “sociable,” don’t be surprised if you find yourself sort of minding somebody else’s business. Especially since they’ve got it … Read the rest…
I hope you’re not the doom and gloom type. Because, if so, this short post is probably gonna make you cringe. But don’t get too worked up. Keep in mind, it’s geared for young kids. And I’ve been sharing a lot of these sunny rhymes the last week or so to give parents and grandparents some good stuff to share with their young’ns. Rhyme … Read the rest…
Nope, the future does not exist. But you can still pretty much take some things for granted. Typical things like the sun rising in the East tomorrow morning. But there’s really no guarantee that everything will be the way it’s always been. Just because the future does not exist doesn’t mean nothing does. So, there’s no reason to be upset with me for saying … Read the rest…
Yeah, I’ve got some alliteration for kids today. So, if you’re a grown-up, you can just look the other way. Just kidding, of course. Because you’ll probably have to read this to your kids or grandkids. Unless they are homeschooled. If so, they might actually understand the rhyme I’m gonna share. It’s alliteration for kids that doesn’t talk down to them. As always, it’s … Read the rest…
8 billion people on the Earth. And just about every one of them dreams. Because dreaming is free. So, it’s affordable for just about anybody. But here’s the thing. Dreaming is free, but it’s also not mass produced. In other words, no two people will dream the exact same dream. Because no two people share the exact same brain or thoughts in those brains. … Read the rest…