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1. about 2 months ago on Flo and Friends

   I believe her parents died and she went to live with her grandmother Flo.

2. about 2 months ago on The Other Coast

   We watched the first episode of the 1981 BBC TV series (based on the 1978 BBC Radio series) last night on Kanopy (one of their new offerings). Kanopy is a free movie and TV streaming service available through participating public library systems and universities which offer it through your library card. Hoopla is also free in the same way, with video, audio and e-books, and music for all ages.

3. 2 months ago on Flo and Friends

   “Do You Love Me?” Tevye and Golde in “Fiddler on the Roof.”Tevye:It’s a new world… A new world. Love. Golde…”(sings) Do you love me?Golde: Do I what?
 Tevye: Do you love me? 
Golde: Do I love you?
 With our daughters getting married
 And this trouble in the town, you’re upset, you’re worn out
 Go inside, go lie down! Maybe it’s indigestionTevye (spoken): “Golde I’m asking you a question…”
(sings) Do you love me?
 Golde: You’re a fool
 Tevye (spoken): “I know…”
(sings) But do you love me?Golde: Do I love you? 
Tevye (spoken): Well?
 For twenty-five years I’ve washed your clothes
 Cooked your meals, cleaned your house
 Given you children, milked the cow
 After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?Tevye (spoken): Golde, (sung) The first time I met you
 Was on our wedding day
 I was scared
 Golde: I was shy
 Tevye: I was nervous. 
Golde: So was ITevye: But my father and my mother
 Said we’d learn to love each other
 And now I’m asking, Golde, do you love me? 
Golde: I’m your wife
 Tevye: “I know…”
But do you love me?Golde: Do I love him? 
For twenty-five years I’ve lived with him
Fought with him, starved with him
 Twenty-five years my bed is his, if that’s not love, what is?Tevye: Then you love me?
 Golde: I suppose I do
 Tevye: And I suppose I love you tooBoth: It doesn’t change a thing, but even so After twenty-five years it’s nice to know.

4. 4 months ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   This may be a man-made artificial reef, habitat for fish, animals and sea plants that grow on hard structures, and to promote the growth of coral. They are also attractions for divers. Besides repurposing all sorts of suitable items such as unused oil and gas rigs, manhole covers, city drainage culverts, rubble and other construction material, there structures specifically made to be reefs. De-commissioned ships are often cleared of all toxic environmental pollutants and are sunk to become reefs. Now artists around the world, including students, are designing and creating sculptures out of suitable materials which are laid on the sea floor. Classical and ancient cultural style statues, modern art, animals, fantasy characters, etc. Here on the Gulf Coast we have The Underwater Museum of Art, a living sculpture garden located at a depth of 60-feet in the Gulf of Mexico off Grayton Beach, Florida.

5. 4 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Alphabetically, “Mutts” comes before “Pearls.”

6. 5 months ago on Baldo

   Since URLs are not allowed in the comments, search for “American Academy of Pediatrics caffeine guidelines – Caffeine and Children.”

7. over 1 year ago on Pickles

   Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tWuG2oPL3o …. A novelty song by composer and pianist William Bolcom, this performance is by his wife Joan Morris accompanied by Mr. Bolcom. This became a popular recording on my local public radio station back in the day and was often requested. It is a hoot.

8. about 2 years ago on Maria's Day

   Tom Sawyer tricking the other kids to paint the fence. But this time it back-fired.

9. over 2 years ago on Pearls Before Swine

   He is on their property, they need to charge him rent.

10. almost 3 years ago on Bird and Moon

    Fortunately more schools and after-school / summer activity programs are putting the A in STEAM, for the Arts. Studies show the arts develop creative and critical thinking skills.