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Many of our earliest presidents created words or expressions widely used today. Teddy Roosevelt is credited with mollycoddle, pack rat, frazzle, and loose cannon...which of those words/phrases currently relates to your life in some way?
I think mollycoddle may fit the bill. Mollycoddle also aligns with the concept of entitlement. I just signed my summer teaching contract. I'm teaching a course I've never facilitated before, so I hope this cuts down on my dealing with adult students who aren't ready to "adult" yet. Don't get me wrong, 90% of my students are adults who know how to communicate and who work hard at their coursework. It's the 10% who drive me to eat sometimes.
Have you visited many (or any) of the US Presidents homes, monuments, libraries or related sites? If so what's been your favorite? Are there any you particularly want to see? Here's a link to presidential sites listed by state which is kind of fun to read-Presidential Places by State. And since several bloggers who participate in the HP each week live outside the US, here's a link to Presidential Places Outside the US. Have you seen any of those?
When I was a senior in high school, our marching band did a whirlwind tour of Washington DC and Arlington, VA. These are some of the things we saw. Remember, these photos were taken 35 years ago with a disposable camera...
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| The Jefferson memorial from the bus window as we drove by. |
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| President Kennedy's eternal flame in Arlington, VA. |
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| The Lincoln Memorial |
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| Mount Vernon (president Washington's home). |
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| The Washington Memorial |
Honestly, this tour, that also included the White House (complete with us playing a concert on the steps of the Capitol), the Treasury Department, the National Mall, and parts of the Smithsonian, went by so fast that I barely remember any of it. If the opportunity arises, I would so enjoy going back and taking my time to really absorb the sites, not to mention take better pictures.
February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day...will you celebrate? Given your choice of cherry pie, cherry cobbler, cheesecake with a cherry topping, or black forest cake which would you choose?
No, I don't think I'll celebrate this round. However, my choice of dish would be cheesecake with cherry topping.
Last time you worked a puzzle of some kind? Something that had you puzzled recently?
I blogged about my last puzzle experience here in the "I'm thinking about" section. For those of you who like doing puzzles, what do you think of my questions?
I've got so many situations right now that I'm puzzling over that I'd need many more blog posts to discuss them.
Many of these were unfamiliar to me. My favorite out of the list is pansies. However, my experience with pansies is that they are late fall through early summer flowers...at least in Alabama anyway. They are not heat tolerant, so watering them with ice water made them last longer. I had planned to buy pansies for my containers last fall, but they were sold out by the time I was ready to plant them. I'll try again this fall to see how they fare in Colorado.
Until then, here's a watercolor of pansies I painted more than a decade ago. Hmm...maybe I need to paint some more pansies.
Insert your own random thought here.
In case you missed it:
- My previous Hodgepodge post "Scraps and Such 03" is here.
- My latest Weekly Digest "Roasting Marshmallows" is here.
- My latest First Line Friday post: #32: Hollowed Out by Jeremy S. Adams is here.
- My "25 for 2025" challenge is here. (Updated regularly)
- My "2025 I Can Only Blame MyShelf Reading Challenge" is here. (Updated regularly)
That was the good ole days when one could actually visit Washington D.C. So much of D.C is now not allowed to visit. Our Seniors have decided not to visit D.C because of this reason; they prefer taking small trips instead.
ReplyDeleteI like the little faces on a pansy. I'm going to get some this year. They do pretty well here, but I haven't seen them out yet. I lived outside of D.C. for a few years so spent a lot of time in the city. It's changed a lot, as has the world, but I think it's still worth a visit. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your answers. Pansies are so pretty but you are right -- here in Alabama, as soon as the temps start rising, the pansies start dying!!
ReplyDeleteI love puzzles and went and checked out your post with the question you posed. I don't mind doing puzzles by myself..it's kind of my thinking time or sometimes I put on a podcast, sometimes I work it while someones watching a show or movie. Once I'm done, I put it away and donate it or give it to someone else and then I start another one. I often get them from thrift stores.
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