Like a lot of kids, I grew up dreaming that one day I’d write a song about “accretion” (defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “increase by external addition or accumulation, as by adhesion of external parts or particles”).
No, I was told. … Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 21
This is it! — the last week!
Although I’m still woefully behind (in fact, I’m pretty sure I’m the most behindest of all the many folks still marching), I’ve really enjoyed all the comments. This has been one of the … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Dan Piraro
Image copyright (c) Dan Piraro 2007.
Dan Piraro’s Bizarro was first syndicated in 1985 and currently appears daily in around 250 markets on four continents. Bizarro won an unprecedented three consecutive Reuben awards from the National Cartoonist Society for “Newspaper … Read on Macduff...
Do You Love Bad Guys the Best?
Here’s another libretto that spilled out of my soon-to-be-seven-year-old son. He sang this one last weekend while puttering around his bedroom. To me, it sounds sort of like something written in 1200 BCE and then translated in the 1950s.
I … Read on Macduff...
Dawn in the Midnight
Kids write the darndest verse. A while back I posted a poem or two by my daughter Shonny. Here’s one from my six-year-old son. He doesn’t really talk like this, but every once in a while he’ll belt out a … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Part Two
Photo credit: Meredith Heuer 2006.
Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with Daniel Handler, author of the best-selling An Unfortunate Series of Events, a collection of books for children, as well as three books for adults: … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Part One
Photo credit: Meredith Heuer 2006.
Daniel Handler is the author of the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events (under the pen name Lemony Snicket), a collection of books for children. He’s also written three books for adults: The Basic Eight… Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 20
OK, so it’s a Thursday and I’m yet I’m not late posting. I love this new system! Now we put our two knees close up tight, we swing them to the left and then we swing them to the right. … Read on Macduff...
True overheard dialog from actual third graders:
Third grader 1: [wistful] I love my new catch phrase.
Third grader 2: What is it?
Third grader 1: When I’m happy I say: “I feel happy inside.” When I’m sad I say: “I feel sad inside.”
And so here we all are
I read a Vonnegut quote the other day worth sharing. This is from A Man Without a Country (Random House, 2005):
… Read on Macduff...I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden