Krazy Pic 1 Self-honesty is important!! This soul-searching could be most valuable!
Krazy Pic 2 Neck pillows can be lifesavers during long flights! But one needs to be careful how one carries them!! (This may look like it’s PG-rated, but, in actuality, it’s not.)
Cartoon of the Week I don’t ever see the SHOE cartoon anymore – I used to really like it. A most interesting touch of irony in this blast from the past.
Amazing Location of the Week A beautiful, but isolated island in Iceland, with only one house on it. Quite the view!! For the background story and more pictures, visit Ellioae Island, Iceland.
Brain Teasers Don’t forget we’re re-running the entire set of Summer ’19 BTs in this place through September. Lots of fun, lots of variety, lots of chances to submit solutions. (Did you catch the new BT [#17] that came from a crossword puzzle theme?)
Birthdays ’23 – ’24 For some reason, I’m bound and determined somehow to have fun with this coming year’s (Aug – July) jumbled mix/match birthday cards! Here’s what I’ve come up with and it’ll result in prizes for some of you!! Check the link for background and details.
The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still I suspect we’ve all heard stories similar to this, but this is a particularly good – and interesting – version. Circulated by subscriber Richard Barger from a blog by Hassan Sas Bangura. (Clicking on the story may enlarge the font. Can’t seem to manipulate it.)
Teaching Fish to Climb Trees? The story above hits on an ongoing problem in education. How do we recognize and encourage the individual areas of genius and passion in each child while most efficiently dealing with the collection of all of them? It jogged a memory of a column I wrote almost three years ago for the Springfield News Leader.