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Where I am, right now, is not a place to let a breeze drift in through open windows. Not here and now. Maybe after a couple more months. But here, along the Emerald Coast, it’s still mighty hot and humid. Not open window weather. Here’s why I brought up where I am. Because it was exactly on this day, the 8th of August, over … Read the rest…
Category Archives: imagination station
Maybe you have some in your house right now. Or, at the very least, you’ve had it at some point or seen it in somebody else’s house at some point in your life. Of course I’m talking about refrigerator art. Those “adorable” drawings, scribbles, or splotches that little kids create and parents and grandparents display on the fridge. Yeah, refrigerator art is an American … 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…
Way back in the middle of the 20th century, when I was a kid, they really were simpler times here in America. and I was actually a great example of that. Because I was the kind of kid that, when my parents or grandparents put me to bed and said go to sleep, I would do that pretty quickly. They didn’t even have to … Read the rest…
I love wordplay. I love alliteration. And I love juxtaposed metaphors and impossible phraseology. I love working with words. And I love the one true, living, loving, creative God who gave me the language I can manipulate. Take a word like – Phoenix. In English, it’s not pronounced at all like it looks. How cool. And today that word popped up on my linguistic … Read the rest…
Of course, I don’t know what your preferences are or your taste in design. But I’m pretty confident you’d have to agree there’s nothing quite like neon trees. What’s that? You’ve never seen neon trees? Oh Matilda, say it ain’t so. Because, especially around this time of year, neon trees are almost everywhere. Not so much here along the Emerald Coast but certainly in … Read the rest…
Scientific curiosity led to the discovery that the earth revolves around the sun. So, scientifically speaking, the sun don’t rise. But you and I know we were created by a living, loving, artful God. So, we know we can say the sun does rise. Every day. Because you and I understand the difference between literal and metaphorical. Yeah, don’t tell me the sun don’t … Read the rest…
