dr seuss

I was going to write this whole post about “Amanda” but the things I like most about this song remind me so strongly of what I like about “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” that I think I’ll just write about them both and see where it goes.

Now that John Wilder is retiring, it’s time to celebrate the life and times of one of the strangest creatures ever to inhabit the legislature. Over the years, the Scene has been no fan of the loogie-hocking, nose-picking octogenarian who reigned over the Senate as lieutenant governor for 35 years and gave us all reason to pray for the good health of the governor.

Did Hollywood throw the Pro-Life cause a small bone?

OR

Is this just another case where an average kid misinterpreting an inadvertent glance from the "In Crowd" as a sign of validation and approval?

Poetry News:

1. --- Pinned in a subway car with arms at your sides, you can call up a poem and enter a cathedral of words that anoints you again in your singular passions ---
2. --- Mary Jo Salter came of age as a poet in the 1970s when two tribes, the Language poets and the New Formalists, were sp

Wow! this has been a very exciting week celebrating "Dr. Suess's Birthday and Read Across America" week. As some of you may know, the Metro Council introduced a Resolution in recognition of this week as it kicked off on Monday, March 3 at the Adventure Science Museum sponsored by the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association and the Tennessee Education Association. Clint Black, Grammy award Country Music Artist read to the children and did a little sing along. It was really fun! A great ti

Ahh, the craziness of Wednesdays that are my life. Wednesday is the busiest morning of my week and usually makes me want to pull my hair out. This morning, if it hadn’t been for Adams and Ron, I would have seriously thrown loved ones and gadgets .

Hump Day indeed.

With that said, I had to take a picture this morning with a bunch of kids.

Vivian Wilhoite(Metro Council Member District 29) and "Ozzie", the Sounds Mascot journeyed to Lakeview Elementary Design Center and Una Elementary School to read their favorite Dr.Seuss books to some lucky students today.

The children were so happy to see both of them walk in the door of their classrooms. I have never seen such happy faces in all my life. All for a good cause to strengthen the importance of reading.

Reality is just strange as fiction - even Dr. Seuss' fiction. Who knew there was some truth to the popular Green Eggs and Ham?

From Kathimerini:

In the wake of yesterday's defeat of a pro-life constitutional amendment by a Tennessee state House subcommittee, a single line jumped out at me over and over as I read the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears a Who to my son at bedtime last night.

"People are people, no matter how small."