Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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Guest Voice – May 18, 2015
This week’s Guest Voice belongs to Kate Elliott, from Seattle, WA. You can (and should!) read more about her when you click below. She was a fellow participant in a recent Writer’s Workshop in Chicago, but I didn’t get to ‘meet’ her until afterward – by e-mail! Kate has taken up long distance walking just…
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Photo of the Week – May 11, 2015
Sand Cranes at Dusk I couldn’t believe they seemed to ‘wrap around’ the distant mountain just perfectly! Taken in Bosque del Apache Wildlife Reserve in New Mexico in Feb 2012. From the Maine to Alaska Collection For a previously shared shot of a Sand Crane “Fly Away”, see FlyAway.
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Aunt Edna’s Wisdom – May 11, 2015
“Don’t give me your 10-cent nickel advice!” December 19, 2006 ********** The quotes are real, but Aunt Edna is fictional (to protect the innocent :-)). Visit www.aftermath.enterprises.com/weekly/ for more information on Aunt Edna and all the Weekly Sharings. Scroll to Week 3 for specific info on Aunt Edna. For an archive of previous shared sayings from Aunt…
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Guest Voice – May 11, 2015
Five Decades of Student Stories, Part II If you read last week’s Part I, my guess is you’ve been waiting all week for Part II ! Here it is! To read this week’s Part II, visit Terry.GV.Stories.PartII In case you missed it (or want to read it again before Part II!), here is last week’s Part…
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Photo of the Week – May 4, 2015
Sunset in the Ozarks Taken in Spring 2000 From the Ozarks Scenes and Seasons Collection.
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It Could Be Verse – May 4, 2015
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner? I wonder if he’d been bad If I’d have put my thumb in a pie I know my mom’d been mad! Back in August, I shared a takeoff on Little Miss Muffett*, and promised more Verses like this from a collection that will eventually be labeled Father…
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Guest Voice – May 4, 2015
Terry Goodman now lives in Round Rock (near Austin), Texas, but he taught mathematics education here in Missouri (University of Central Missouri) for over 35 years. He is a close friend and a great colleague, and we miss him. You’ll learn more about him when you click below. Among other things, Terry was known in…
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Photo of the Week – April 27, 2015
Hagia Sophia Mosque – Istanbul, Turkey This and the also-famous Blue Mosque are within blocks of each other. Incredible culture and history in a fascinating city. Taken in May ’12. From the Across the Pond collection.
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Math is not a Four Letter Word! – 4/27/15
Einstein & Eddington & . . . In 1919, Sir Arthur Eddington, an astronomer in the Royal Astronomical Society, traveled to the island of Principe – near Africa – to make important observations of a total solar eclipse that occurred there on May 19. These observations would provide the first empirical test of Einstein’s general theory…
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Wild Card!! April 27, 2015
*NOTE* The Wild Card Feature will take a short vacation during May, and will return in June. For more information on this and other May changes, see Mailing Changes in May. For information on the GUEST VOICE features for May, see the section below the Wild Cards. Cartoon of the Week I keep being drawn…