The Noah Saga: Characters on the Ark

Characters on Noah’s Ark   The Noah Saga is inspired by the story of Noah’s Ark as described in the bible which includes events leading up to the building of the Ark, the great flood, the rescue of pairs of all of the earth’s animals, life on...

Conversations with a horse

Conversations with a horse My name is Egon and I have always been a bit spacy spending more time in my mind than in the real world. Play, storytelling, and other mind games, help me escape from a world that I have learned is  dangerous. I know that is true and so does...

Children learn to tip toe around their world

Children learn to tip toe around their world Children learn to tip toe around their world Kids may know less than adults but their minds make use of what they know often as well as adults. Just watch kids cautiously move about a dangerous world and you will see what I...

Clutches

Clutches  A half dozen kids—all first graders—regularly gathered to play in a small green triangular patch in our Mt. Washington neighborhood. In just a few days, we will start the new school year at Mt. Washington Elementary, about a quarter mile away. We planned to...

Curious

It is Wednesday night and dinner is done.  Some of the animals have left the dining room, stuffed. Others stayed behind to hear yet another tale of minds at work. They would have preferred an evening of music and dancing but….oh well as the Wobbly Fern Duck pointed...

Back from the world of the dead

How do I understand what you are telling me about your experience? What do you see when looking at the same thing I am looking at? Our minds speak a language that is uniquely ours. To share what’s in your world takes work, patience, and respect. And sometimes, even...