Ron Edmonds, an AP photographer who covers the White House, took these amazing pictures of a nest of baby robins being born. They live right outside the White House press briefing room.
The pictures remind me of baby dragon impressions in Pern . . .
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Mr. Mallard, Slacker Dad?
Is Mr. Mallard a slacker dad? Surely not! But on the subject of Amelia Bedelia, I am not so sure. The children I have read her antics to never quite get it, and I sometimes think I spoil it for them by explaining it. I found her funny as a child but maybe now she *is* annoying...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
A Study in Social Mores From the Pages of Edith Wharton
I love Miss Manners, and here she found a reader almost worthy of her!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Obama at Notre Dame
E.J. Dionne has a good column on the controversy at Notre Dame - not about poor Charlie Weis but about the speaking invitation to Obama.