This weekend, I sheparded my ten-year-old son through part of a school project. As the 3-d portion of the display, he wanted to make a Japanese dragon. Not easy! First, we had to talk about the materials. He didn’t like the idea of paper maché or plaster of paris. He wanted real clay, and not play clay either but the real deal. I’m very thankful that there was a Michaels Arts and Crafts store nearby. It was raining and cold,…
I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing. I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I thought he really tried to appeal to our hopefulness at a very sour time – that showed some good leadership. But that’s about it. So…
“The tooth fairy must have really liked that tooth.” “The only states I know are Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mexico and Japan.” “When I’m a man, and you and Daddy are still alive, would you give me some money?”