A commercial for a popular candy says “catch the colors of the rainbow”. The second those words are spoken…or the second you read them, you can see that picture in your mind, can’t you? There’s nothing like the colors of a rainbow to stimulate your imagination. I was driving down a Colorado canyon a few weeks ago after (and during) a good, cool rainstorm. … Read the rest…
Truth is beauty to those who seek the truth. It’s really OK to say that some things are true. And here’s the secret reason why… Because they are. For instance..wouldn’t it be the truth to say that the sun is further away from the earth than the moon is? That wasn’t so hard, was it? And it doesn’t even sound harsh to say so…does … Read the rest…
When I was a kid, one of the expressions we had when we were about to leave someone’s house and knew we weren’t going to see them again for a while was: “See you in the funny pages”. Silly I know, but times were more innocent back then. And we were talking about the comic strips you see in the newspapers. We called them … Read the rest…
Kids (and adults) are always looking for fun things to do. It’s only natural. After all…there are so many serious things in the world that need our attention, so it’s good to let off some steam once in a while. Sometimes, though, we get in a bad mood. We think things aren’t going the way we’d like. Or we don’t understand why our friends … Read the rest…
I’m not sure why so many people have such a hard time telling their loved ones how much they love them. But they do. However; I think they could at least start by substituting some simple words for love in the place of actually saying “I love you”. Here are a couple of ideas. The next time someone you care about dresses up to … Read the rest…
An old expression we still use to describe looking basically everywhere to find something is “looking high and low and in between”. Yep, that pretty much covers it alright. I guess you could argue that it doesn’t include looking back and forth…but I think the “in between” part covers that. Anyway…I was sitting at my desk thinking about the next song I’d like to … Read the rest…
It’s an awesome thing to see a toddler start to recognize letters and sounds. Adults can watch and marvel at little kids as they begin to realize their own ability to make letters and sounds and understand the language all around them. They find their own voice, and it seems like they’re just as surprised about it as we are. They get all goo-goo … Read the rest…
