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Our Beautiful, Endangered Oceans

June 9, 2018 Comments Off on Our Beautiful, Endangered Oceans

Yesterday was World Oceans Day, calling attention to our oceans and how to appreciate and take care of them and inviting us to do so all year long.  This year the emphasis is on all the plastic accumulating in those  magnificent bodies of water. So I offer you this small reflection:

40,000 garbage trucks filled with plastic = 270,000 tons of it floating around our oceans. That’s what the current estimate is. And that’s a conservative guess, since fish, birds, and other species eat a good amount of it. It’s unsightly and deadly for the critters who eat it or get hopelessly entangled in it.  It’s not healthy for humans, either.

This is something to think about next time we’re about to toss a plastic bottle cap, bag, food wrapper, or other item onto the roadway or gutter, where it can wash into the waterways leading to the ocean.  Or tossing those items off of a boat or bridge.

The item can’t be that heavy to hold onto until you see the next recycling container.

 

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This Saturday, Clean Up!

May 15, 2018 Comments Off on This Saturday, Clean Up!

Next Saturday (4/20) is National River Cleanup Day. Do your part locally. For details, go to

http://www.cleanacreek.org/volunteerinformation.asp.

 

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Funny Things You Hear on Take Your Child to Work Day

April 26, 2018 Comments Off on Funny Things You Hear on Take Your Child to Work Day

What’s your reaction to today’s Take Your Child to Work Day? The kid loves it, and it’s great parent-child bonding. But how do people react? Read on. (Taken from Take Your Child To Work Day’ Quotes: 10 Funny Sayings You Can Share At The Office.)

“Sorry, but your child told your boss what you really think.”

“I actually look forward to Take Your Daughter to Work Day. I’m not great with kids, but I want to get better. Because I’m getting married. So I put on a bunch of extra candy on my desk so the kids will come talk to me. Like the witch in ‘Hansel and Gretel.’” — Pam Beasley from “The Office”

“I like kids, but this not a kids environment. This is like HBO, no limits. Who knows what I’m going to say, crazy stuff, and it is R-rated, it is not rated G. I am like Eddie Murphy in ‘Raw,’ and they are trying to make me into Eddie Murphy in ‘Daddy Daycare.’ Both great movies, but still.” — Michael Scott from “The Office”

“Now that I’ve seen you explain your job to your child, I realize how little you actually do.”

“Take your child to work day is a wonderful opportunity to pull the fire alarm and blame the children.”

“I noticed on take your kids to work day that your child was actually better at your job than you are.”

“I’m bringing my kids to work so they can see why I’m such a bitch when I get home.”

“Taking my kid to work will only further reinforce my fear that I can be easily replaced by a six year old.”

“Today our office will be overrun by smaller and even whinier versions of ourselves.”

“I refuse to take my kids to work because they’re so much more talented on those computer things than I am.”

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Tight Jeans–Invitation to Rape?

April 25, 2018 Comments Off on Tight Jeans–Invitation to Rape?

Denim Day?!  How stupid is that!  Not at all when we look at how it started and what wearing denim today means.

18 years ago the Italian Supreme Court reversed a rapist’s conviction because his victim was wearing tight denim pants.  Therefore, (they guessed) she must have helped him remove them.  Therefore, ruled the court, because she had given implied consent, the sex was  consensual.  The women in Parliament wore denim the next day in support of the victim and protest at the decision.  Thus, Denim Day was born.

What does it mean?  Standing up for rape victims.  Saying that what a woman wears does NOT mean she’s asking to be raped.  That there needs to be changes in attitudes toward sexual assault.  As the Denim Day Campaign says, “There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape.”

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Is that Kid Autistic?

April 2, 2018 Comments Off on Is that Kid Autistic?

One in every 110 U.S. kids  has it, and 3.5 million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder.  Between 2000 and 2010, autism in our nation’s children increased by 119.4%, and it’s still increasing.  In fact,  autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the U.S.

You probably know someone with it but think of the person as “a little off” because you don’t recognize his or her autism.  Today is World Autism Awareness Day, and April is National Autism Awareness Month–a great time to learn about it.

 http://www.whathealth.com/awareness/event/nationalautismmonth.html gives an excellent summary of how autism affects a person, the characteristics you might notice, and how the American Autism Society is trying to spread the word about this condition with no known cause (no, vaccines don’t bring it on).

Another very good site is offered by Easter Seals, “Autism Signs and Symptoms,” including a list of behaviors with which you can evaluate your own child.

These sites are worth looking at, if for no other reason than they may lead people to be more tolerant and understanding rather than writing someone off as “odd,” “cold,” or “stand-offish.”

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Calling all Women!

March 7, 2018 Comments Off on Calling all Women!

Tomorrow is YOUR DAY.  It’s International Women’s Day. I’m not calling you to action or  protest or even stand up for your rights–unless, of course, you choose to.  I just want to wish you a joyous day in which you simply celebrate the woman you are.

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Strangers ands Smiles

January 4, 2018 Comments Off on Strangers ands Smiles

I don’t know who said this Thursday Thought quote, but it makes a lot of sense.

 

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.

It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”

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Lighten Up with a Cookie

August 4, 2017 Comments Off on Lighten Up with a Cookie

Forget what has been yet another depressing week, if you’ve heard any of the news (almost impossible to avoid). Instead, let’s lighten up and celebrate on this special day.  It’s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!  (Full disclosure: I’m addicted to them.)

Pull out a package of those delightful indulgences and read “5 Facts You Need to Know” about them. Learn about their  mysterious history, their accidental invention, who makes $3 million from them each year at a fair, who was the first one to package them up for our consumption, and–very important–how to get free ones today.

Now, pop a cookie into your watering mouth, go to that website, and get some education with your calories.

 

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Mutt Day

July 31, 2017 Comments Off on Mutt Day

Call him a “mutt” or “half-breed” or “exotic mix,” he’s still our treasured family member.  And today is his day.  It’s National Mutt Day, also known as National Mixed Breed Day.  Well, one of the annual days, since it’s also celebrated on Dec. 2.  But,  hey, humans’ best friend deserves two days.

Animal welfare advocate Colleen Paige established this day in 2005 to counter the trend toward designer-dogs and pure breeds. plus over-breeding, especially by puppy-mills to supply pet stores with these dogs.  The result has been sick and extremely neglected dogs.

Meanwhile, 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds just waiting to be adopted before they’re euthanized.  This day is intended to point out that mutts generally live longer, are healthier, naturally better behaved, and can just as easily be trained to be service dogs, bomb/drug-sniffers, search and rescue–you name it.  And they’ll wag “I-love-yous” even when you’re grouchy.

Think about it.

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A Day for Thanks and Appreciation

May 9, 2017 Comments Off on A Day for Thanks and Appreciation

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day. It’s a day to remember that teachers care for our kids a large portion of the day, keeping them safe and helping mold them into good, productive, caring adults.  To remember that their day doesn’t end at 3:00 and their work year isn’t just 9 months, because they spend so much outside-school-building time on such things as lesson plans, grading homework, creating projects and activities, working individually with students who need extra help, conversing with parents in person or on the phone, attending classes and in-services to improve their teaching, serving on school-improvement committees, planning open-houses/back-to-school nights, completing applications for government grants, then paperwork in compliance with those grants, preparing for accreditation, and shopping for supplies for their students.  And the money for those supplies comes out of their own pockets.

Today, remind teachers that they are appreciated.  Send a thank-you note with your child.  Bring a treat to the faculty room.  Call the principal to say how much a certain teacher has helped your child.  Use #TeacherAppreciationDay to post on social media.  I’m sure you  can think of something special to do today.

 

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