As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; Selves — goes itself; [...]
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I guess the AP writer who composed this gem is not a “conservative.” Thousands rally with ‘tea parties’ on tax day Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged “tea parties” around the country Wednesday to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and [...]
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This must be where my brother and I picked up “if goose is geese, then moose is meese” when we were kids. I’ve seen this poem attributed to Dr. Seuss in some places, but haven’t found anything to confirm that. This version is from the book “Creative Writing: for people who can’t not write” by [...]
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The bloggers at The Christian Science Monitor have a nice sense of humor to go with their geology. Take this post about the rumbling volcano in Alaska: Mt. Redoubt [is] a 10,197-foot active volcano 103 miles west of Anchorage. Scientists at the US Geological Survey’s Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are keeping close tabs on the [...]
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