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,…
Ben got the Citizen of the Month Award (for August) at his Elementary School. Awwww. (We could even almost overlook that they spelled his name “Benjamim” on the award.)
What do you get when you pour very hot water down a rabbithole? Hot cross bun(ny)s! One a penny two a penny – Hot cross buns! It’s official – the memes of repression in the name of freedom and diversity have travelled to the U.K. Or have they? For fear of offending the religious minorities at The Oaks Primary School in Ipswich, headteacher Tina Jackson has asked suppliers to remove the cross from their hot cross buns. .. “The cross…