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Total TimePrep: 30 min. Cook: 10 min.
Makes4 servings
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries or raisins
- 1/3 cup orange juice
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- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Dash ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1-1/2 cups water
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I have several of the Spinning Leaf oreo cookie molds which they generously sent for our fundraising projects. I also ran across a lady selling out her cake decorating supplies and she had several packages of the Clear Party favor boxes that are sold with Wilton wedding supplies. They measure appr. 2 inches square but I don't think they are a Wilton brand. I purchased the 4 inch foil candy wrappers in the burnt orange and christmas colors. I put a little shredded coordinating colored paper in the bottoms (not really necessary) of the boxes, dropped in a wrapped cookie and tied with a little bow. You could fit 2 regular oreo cookies, dipped in chocolate in the boxes if you don't have the molds. They really look cute and I will put a basket out for my "special" trick and treaters and also do them for the various fundraisers from now to Christmas.
How about sharing some of your favorite packaging ideas!!!
What, no picture? I'd love to see these!
I would love to see too! Thanks for sharing!
Would love to see also...and what is a "spinning leaf mold"?
[quote="iownajane"]Would love to see also...and what is a "spinning leaf mold"?[/quote
SpinningLeaf is the name of the company that manufactures the molds for making the chocolate covered Oreos...I have a ton of them sitting in my cupboard!
lilybird..Sounds beautiful.
I love the Spinning Leaf oreo cookie molds, Thanks for sharing.
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SpinningLeaf is the name of the company that manufactures the molds for making the chocolate covered Oreos...I have a ton of them sitting in my cupboard!
Ok...you'll have to excuse me...I have NO CLUE what these are...do you use oreos,or make oreos?Are they cake molds? shaped like the cookies? Sorry..I've never seen ...
Yes they are molds and you added melted choc and then the oreo and more choc. they have plain and some with designs and some to fit the nutter butter cookies to ! Look them up on line . they are very cute . I believe I have at least 1 pic in my photos.
Heres some plain that I just added decor .But the predesigned ones are very cute ,I dont have any photos posted of those .
what a quick and cute idea for schools (especially if they have nut restrictions) most everyone loves oreos!
Fiddlesticks, your oreos are so pretty! Might have to copy that little design this year! Thanks for you cake comment!
Lilybird, I too would love to see a photo, as I am more a visual type of person. Fiddlesticks , love the christmas oreos. Great idea for a teacher gift, or other people you want to give "a little something" to.
Very cute...I like yours as much/more than the pre-designed....I'll have to see if they're available anywhere up here...Thanks!!
I bought several packages of those type of boxes a while back. I had the same idea, but to use them as wedding favors. I bought the plain mold and thought about putting initials on top of the coated oreo's. Well, since my son and his fiancee keep putting off the date, I haven't had a chance to put them together yet!
does anyone sell their chocolate covered oreos?
if so would you mind sharing your pricing
Linda your welcome ,its a cute cake! Thanks for the nice comments on my oreos, There are also some v/day ones in my photos that I added mini hearts on top . I also love the mold that has the face design on it and the paw prints I have several . Theres so many ways to use these molds,and they look real cute when you match the inside cream filling with the holiday ,when possible
Like orange cream for halloween ,those are out right now then the red cream for xmas and v/day etc !
Just got home with more Oreo cookies and the new Banana Split flavor. Someone asked what they were. They are sandwich cookies with different flavors of cream filling inbetween the cookie. They have regular and double stuff (twice the filling) and they have them mostly with chocolate cookie but some have a vanilla cookie now. The Spinningleaf company makes clear plastic molds to make covering them with chocolate easier. You put some melted chocolate in the bottom of the mold. Then you press in an Oreo cookie. Now you spoon on a little more melted chocolate so the top is level. Put them in the frig or freezer until hard and pop out a pretty chocolate covered Oreo. The uses for these are endless and like Fiddle said, you can match the filling to the design on top. They are a wonderful company to work with and they have many different molds.
I also stopped at T J Max again and they have new canisters of flavored sugars to top cookies with. The taller shaker canisters have 4 or 5 flavors in each--Cappaccino, butter rum, raspberry, praline,????? and they taste just like they are suppose to. Only 2.99 and they have new bottles of flavored syrups also. My new favorite place!!!!!!!!
Sorry I can't post a picture, but just read the post carefully and you will be able to picture it. No, Fiddle, my daughter has not come out yet LOL.
lilybird ... Your so Funny!
I will take that as a compliment, Fiddle. Do you have any leftover stuffed peppers. I haven't had one of them in ages and it would taste good with this darn cold I have!!!!!
A compliment it is for sure ! Sorry Hubby ate all the stuffed peppers !I will say they were delicious .
i am not sure if I missed the answer to this, I read the post and didn't see the answer, but do they still make the molds and where they might sell them?? my kids are oreo fanatics and would love them like that!!! Have a great day everyone!!!
I did a search and found the company. Thnx ya'll!
found the company site...thanks.....i have two more questions...after theses are molded and done and unmolded...do they have to be frozen,or in the fridge....can i use candy melts for all the steps...
i wonder if it's worth a trip to plattsburgh to buy the supplies....not much up here...
ok. im ordering some molds this weekend.
have a few questions
- what kind of chocolate do you use? candy melts or real chocolate?
- do i need to mix anything into the chocolate to make for a softer bite?
- how long do they take to set?
- how do you store them? on counter or in fridge?
- does anyone sell these. if so what do you charge?
I have used candy melts and reg choc chips.
I put mine in the freezer till set.Just a few mins.
I stored them on the counter in a cool place .You dont really have to cover them because the choc coating keeps them fresh.
Also When I ordered mine last fall if you ordered I think it was 5molds? They sent you one free.
I could have the wrong # but it tells on their site somewhere .
Where do the ship from? I really like this idea. Also like their soap molds.
You can look it all up on their site !
Darn, I did and it didn't say where they were located.
Ok, thanks
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"We are going to restructure how we manage our workforce," Arne Lemke, Bealls' director of payroll and benefits, told Florida Trend recently.
The company did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday.
The department and outlet store retailer also indicated it plans to hire more part-time workers and seasonal hires to circumvent mandates in the 2010 act, colloquially known as "Obamacare."
Under the law, the bulk of which will go into effect beginning early next year and which will be fully implemented by 2015, employees who average more than 30 hours of work weekly will be entitled to employer-paid health benefits. Companies that fail to comply will be subject to penalties.
Bealls does provide medical coverage to its employees who clock more than 30 hours each week.
But the move represents a huge shift for the company, which has previously allowed part-time workers to work full time and earn overtime, especially during the busy Christmas season.
While Bealls is among the largest of Southwest Florida's employers to announce health care law-inspired changes, it may not be the only company to shift gears in advance of the law's impact.
As of yet, however, most employers seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude.
"No business has yet verbalized its intentions to us regarding the Affordable Care Act," said Sally Hill, a spokeswoman for the Suncoast Workforce Board, which operates a trio of employment and career centers in Southwest Florida.
Part-time employees compose some 60 percent of Bealls' payroll, or roughly 6,600 of the retailer's 11,000-member workforce.
At the same time, Bealls anticipates medical benefits enrollments will increase in the coming year as the law, which requires all workers to carry some insurance, takes effect.
Though Bealls has about 4,000 employees who are eligible for medical benefits, only about 60 percent of those are now enrolled in the company's health care plan. Bealls predicts an increase of 15 to 18 percent in total enrollments as a result of the law.
While that will increase Bealls' expenses — on top of the roughly 60 percent of health care premiums it currently pays for — company officials say it has no plans now to drop health care coverage for employees, even though paying a penalty could be less expensive in the longer term.
"At this point, our strategy is to definitely continue offering competitive health benefits," Lemke said.
Still, Bealls acknowledges that some added costs will be passed on to employees.
Bealls may hit workers under Affordable Care Act
The pending Affordable Care Act is prompting some southwest Florida employers to rethink personnel policies and even limit worker hours.


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New York January 3, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a series of investigations into independent Egyptian newspapers on accusations of insulting the president or reporting false news. Some newspapers and media professionals face formal charges in connection to their critical reporting, according to news reports.
"There is a growing trend of targeting independent and critical voices under President Mohamed Morsi's government, which is especially worrying in light of a lack of protection for the press under the new constitution," said Sherif Mansour, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. "Egypt is taking a large step back toward Mubarak-era practices."
Today, Magdi Algallad, editor of independent daily newspaper Al-Watan, was charged with insulting the president--a criminal offense--in connection with published cartoons, according to the newspaper. Wednesday, Al-Masry al-Youm, one of Egypt's leading independent dailies, said it is being investigated by the prosecutor-general following a complaint from the president's office, which accused it of publishing false news. Also Wednesday, the prosecutor-general referred Abdel-Halim Qandil, editor of independent weekly Sawt al-Umma, to the North of Giza prosecutor for official investigation, according to news reports. The accusations relate to an article Qandil wrote in October under the title "You are a liar, Morsi."
Under Egypt's legal system, complaints are filed to the prosecutor-general's office, which does an initial investigation into whether there is enough evidence to refer the case to a judge or a local prosecutor for further investigation. Suspects can be detained during this stage of investigation. The judge or local prosecutor can then refer the case to a criminal court for formal charges. The current prosecutor-general, Talaat Abdullah, was appointed by Morsi in November.
Also this week, the prosecutor-general's office said it referred Bassem Youssef, who hosts a satirical TV news program called "Al Bernameg" on independent channel CBC, to a judge for investigation on accusations of insulting the president by showing Morsi's picture printed on a pillow. Youssef, who has actively criticized Morsi and Islamist groups, is widely called Egypt's Jon Stewart in reference to the host of "The Daily Show" satirical news program in the U.S. Appearing on CNN two weeks earlier with CPJ board member Christiane Amanpour, Youssef played down risks of prosecution for his commentary.
In December, TV host Mahmoud Saad, who presents a daily news show called "End of Day" at Al-Nahar private TV station, was investigated by a Cairo prosecutor for insult because of an official complaint by Morsi, according to news reports. Saad hosted Manal Omar, an Egyptian psychiatrist who presented a psychological analysis of Morsi on the show. Saad was released on bail after six hours and no further steps have been taken.
The series of investigations and charges are the latest in a long string of attacks on Egypt's independent press. Late in 2012, journalists who covered demonstrations against Morsi and the new constitution were physically targeted in the streets. At least five journalists were struck by rubber bullets in November, and one, Al-Hosseiny Abou Deif, died in December.
Also last month, several independent channels at Egypt's Media Production City were besieged for nearly a week by Islamist supporters of Morsi, according to news reports. The demonstrators staged a sit-in to protest the news channels' critical coverage of Egypt's new constitution, which was passed by referendum despite widespread controversy and allegations by the opposition that it was rushed.
- For more data and analysis on Egypt, visit CPJ's Egypt page here.


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The title of Volume IV of the General History of the Caribbean, the Long Nineteenth Century, indicates its range, from the last years of the eighteenth to the first two decades of the twentieth. The volume begins during the hegemony of the European nations and the social and economic dominance of the slave masters. It ends with the hegemony of the United States of America and the economic dominance of American and European agricultural and mercantile corporations. The chapters provide thematic accounts of societies emerging from slavery at different times during the century and also of the circumstances that affected the extent to which these societies were autochthonous within their various territories. The book's survey of this span of 150 years begins with the Haitian Revolution and its repercussions both within the region and outside. It then examines in turn the variety of ways in which the emancipated, their ex-masters and the colonial powers related to each other in the economy, polity and society of various territories; the economy of sugar in decline; the hostility of local landed elites to the welfare of the emancipated, to the ways landless labourers adapted to survive, and to interregional migrations; the social and cultural transformations of new populations from Africa, India and China; the technical innovations in the sugar industry towards the end of the century that differentiate the interests of field owner from factory owner; the decline of white pre-eminence, yet their resistance to claims for autonomy and an end to colonial tutelage.
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On New Year's Day it was announced that Ohio State's all-conference defensive end Noah Spence was suspended for three games, including the Orange Bowl. Now we know why. Spence's family says he tested positive for ecstasy, and had to argue his suspension down from a full season because the Big Ten considers ecstasy a performance-enhancing drug.
All Buckeyes were tested before the Big Ten championship, and Spence's father told ABC27 that he was shocked that his came back positive for MDMA. He claims it was unintentional, that he took a spiked drink from a stranger at a party. (Which totally happens all the time, random folks putting ecstasy in beer cups then handing them out.)
Upon Spence's suspension, the OSU release indicated that his parents "did not agree with the rule violation nor the penalty imposed." Now we know they were trying to salvage his 2014. The Big Ten considers ecstasy, with effects that include dopamine and norepinephrine release and decreases in stress and anxiety, a PED. But, obviously, if a player is going to risk failing a drug test, there are more effective banned substances out there for pure performance enhancement without all the happy lovey side effects, and the NCAA pretty logically classifies ecstasy as a street drug, with a lesser attendant penalty.
Spence's appeal succeeded in cutting his suspension down to the Orange Bowl and the first two games of next season. A second appeal, to overturn the suspension altogether, was denied. Spence's family now says they are planning a lawsuit against the Big Ten.
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I have always dreamed of working with animals and am now making that dream a reality.
I absolutely adore animals in all shapes and sizes and would love to think all pets are given the love and affection they deserve 24/7.
I am therefore about to start up a pet minding/ dog sitting and walking business in Melbourne, Australia however, my ultimate aim is to open a luxury dog day care centre.
The pet minding service will consist of looking after people's pets in their own homes whilst they're on holidays as well as dogs staying at my home when people are on extended vacation.
The day care centre is a retreat for dogs where they can come and socialize/play with other dogs whilst their owners are at work or otherwise occupied. There will be other services at the centre, ie. grooming, hydrobaths, dog massage, training, walking and chill out music during rest time to fit in with the "zen" theme.
A number of pet walking/minding services already exist in my area so I will be targeting an existing market.
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I would also like to attract business owners in/or affiliated with the pet industry so I can engage in cross marketing and reciprocity. I believe the more businesses I am affiliated with, the more likely my success.
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This is our breakfast today: Chicken Satay, Nasi Himpit (pressed rice), Peanut sauce, cucumber & onion.
I made two versions of satay, grilled Satay with sticks (above) & fried Satay without sticks (below).
After comparing several versions of recipes from Hana, Kak Ina, MyR(Jun), here what I came up with. Thanks to all for being inspirational.
500g Chicken Meat - cut into small pieces
4 Shallots*
2 cloves Garlic*
1" Galangal*
1" Ginger*
1 Lemongrass*
1/2 tbsp Coriander Seeds**
1 tsp Cumin Seeds**
1 tsp Fennel Seeds** (** roasted)
2-3 tbsp thick Tamarind juice
50g Sugar + 1tbsp Palm sugar
2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1. Blend all ingredients marked * & **.
Marinate chicken with the blended ingredients & the rest in fridge overnight.
2. Cooking method 1:
Thread chicken meat onto satay sticks.
Grill & baste with bruised lemongrass dipped in oil.
3. Cooking method 2:
Heat up some oil & stir fry marinated chicken above big fire until dry & golden in colour.
4. Serve with peanut sauce, Nasi Himpit & cucumber.
Add some chili oil to peanut sauce to spice up.


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A nonprofit startup focuses on accountability journalism in the Roaring Fork Valley. Wed., November 23, 2011
Romy Zipken
Romy Zipken (firstname.lastname@example.com) is an AJR editorial assistant.
There's more to Aspen than meets the tourist's eye. While the humbling, mountainous scenery paints a worry-free picture, even an idyllic town needs a watchdog.
With two competing daily newspapers, a public radio station and a grassroots television station, you would think Aspen had no shortage of local news coverage. But with the downturn of the news industry and the accompanying budget cuts, accountability reporting took a hit.
Enter Brent Gardner-Smith. In January he launched Aspen Journalism, a nonprofit investigative news organization meant to fill the void.
Gardner-Smith is the nonprofit's only paid staffer, although he hires freelance reporters, photographers, copy editors and video editors to help out. The nonprofit posts all of its work at aspenjournalism.org,and other news outlets are free to use its content. Gardner-Smith also teams up with other news outlets on individual stories and projects.
"To date, Aspen Journalism has collaborated with news editors that helped shape and finalize stories, as opposed to using their newsroom resources," says Gardner-Smith, adding that while he'd like to use the local news outlet's reporters, they simply don't have any to spare.
Aspen Journalism is different from the numerous hyperlocal news Web sites that have sprung up to provide blanket coverage of neighborhood life. In fact, Gardner-Smith wouldn't call his operation hyperlocal at all. "I'm not a big fan of the term 'hyperlocal,' " says Gardner-Smith, 51. "I think 'local' is fine."
Maybe that's because despite its name, Aspen Journalism doesn't just report on Aspen. Its coverage extends throughout the Roaring Fork River Watershed, including Snowmass Village, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, and, of course, Aspen.
It's also different from the hyperlocal model because it isn't in the business of covering kids' sports and school lunch menus (see "Hyperlocal Heroes," Fall). Aspen Journalism's mission is to report regional investigative stories with significance and impact.
Gardner-Smith, who moved to Aspen in 1982, has been a fixture on the picturesque resort's media scene. He reported at the Aspen Times for three years, spent four years as executive director at Aspen Public Radio and reported at the Aspen Daily News for four years. In 2008, the Daily News was hit with the same economic problems that have plagued the rest of the news industry. Many staffers were forced to take six-week unpaid leaves of absence.
"That was a pretty good wake-up call for myself that, OK, maybe Aspen is not insulated from the rest of the world in terms of economics," Gardner-Smith says.
At the time, Gardner-Smith was enrolled in a master's program at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he was learning about the nonprofit model. When he got an opportunity to work as a communications intern at ProPublica, the high-profile nonprofit investigative news outlet, he took a six-month leave of absence from the Daily News and headed to New York City. During his time there, he got a firsthand look at a successful nonprofit and developed ideas about how to replicate it at a local level.
Upon his return to Aspen, Gardner-Smith saw that little had changed at the Daily News. He also had to take a significant pay cut. And so he decided to leave the daily and raise money to make his Aspen Journalism idea a reality.
He received a one-year, $55,000 grant from the Manaus Fund, a foundation based in Carbondale. The grant was meant to "plant the flag," he says, to see if the local media would be willing to work with Aspen Journalism and if local donors and foundations would be willing to fund it.
He gave a couple of months' notice to the Daily News, and on January 18 he launched Aspen Journalism. (Disclosure: AJR Editor and Senior Vice President Rem Rieder is a member of Aspen Journalism's advisory board.)
For now, Gardner-Smith is running the show alone, but with more time and money he hopes to have a larger staff to cover additional investigative stories. But the nonprofit already is having an impact. Aspen Journalism's stories have appeared in the Aspen Daily News and the Aspen Times and on Aspen Public Radio, and recently the startup collaborated on a project with the Denver Post.
Other local news organizations are focused on "feeding the beast" and don't have the resources to devote to pursuing in-depth investigative stories, says Roger Adams, news director at Aspen Public Radio. Gardner-Smith "is offering a resource that we..just can't afford," Adams says. "The kind of investigative reporting that he does, he's able to spend time, track down records and do stuff that we find difficult."
In July, Gardner-Smith was reporting on a running story about the city of Aspen's attempt to expand its use of geothermal energy by building a hydroelectric plant on a small river that runs through town.
Numerous homeowners in the area were opposed to the project. Gardner-Smith, well informed on water rights, delved into the story and worked with Aspen Public Radio to explain the project to its audience in a way that its own staff couldn't, Adams says.
All Aspen Journalism stories are free for news organizations to use so long as they credit the author and Aspen Journalism and link to its Web site. Some news organizations, however, want to showcase Aspen Journalism stories first, before they're posted on the nonprofit's Web site. Gardner-Smith is not opposed to that exchange.
Recently, he gave the Denver Post 24-hour exclusivity with two stories about billionaire Bill Koch by Madeleine Osberger, an Aspen Business Journal reporter who freelanced the articles for Aspen Journalism. Koch is building an "'authentic' Western town in a former pasture at the base of the incredibly scenic Ragged Mountains," according to Osberger's article, "The Price of Privacy." The town won't be open to the public, and while its development will create jobs, it has environmental costs that locals are concerned about.
Osberger, who worked at the Aspen Times for eight years, was glad to freelance for Aspen Journalism. "It was great working with Brent. I had been his competitor for many years, so I was glad to finally be on his team," she says.
Osberger started on the Koch story in the beginning of August and spent about six weeks reporting and researching. She spent time in the valley where Koch owns coal mines and was given the funds and resources to properly produce the story.
"Whatever I needed, I got," says Osberger, who added that the total immersion and extended time to investigate were "every writer's dream."
Osberger's only concern with the Aspen Journalism and ProPublica model is its potential to spur layoffs by news organizations that know they can get high-quality investigative reporting for free, rather than paying a staff member's salary.
But she understands that news organizations were scaling back and laying off talented journalists long before Aspen Journalism came along. "If this is the only way this content will be provided, then certainly, but I don't want to make it so easy for management to keep laying people off because there's free content available," Osberger says.
Aspen Journalism received a $50,000 challenge grant from developer John McBride's Sopris Foundation. If Aspen Journalism could raise $100,000 in grants from other donors, Sopris would donate the money and secure $150,000 in funding for two years.
McBride believes in having a competitive and diverse media market and he appreciates Gardner-Smith as a friend, listener and "sounding board" for many of the Sopris Foundation's past projects, films and conferences, says Piper Foster, its executive director.
Aspen Journalism met the Sopris challenge. In addition to the Sopris and Manaus grants, Aspen Journalism has received money from a variety of local donors.
"Every community simply has to have a watchdog, someone who is writing the story about what's really going on in that community," says Bill Buzenberg, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news outlet based in Washington, D.C.
Gardner-Smith might just be that watchdog for Aspen. In October, he wrote a series of investigative stories about "what was supposed to be the biggest project in the county's history," he says. He spent a great deal of time and money investigating the construction of 1 million square feet of condominiums at the base of the Snowmass ski area that was stalled because of the recession.
The Base Village project was expected to sell 600 condominiums with a profit of $1.2 billion. When the economy went sour, project developers defaulted on a $520 million loan and walked away, leaving behind an unfinished eyesore.
Gardner-Smith spotlighted the nitty-gritty details, spending over $1,000 on court documents, which he posted so that readers could see them for themselves.
It's that kind of reporting that underscores the need for enterprises like Aspen Journalism.
"I think there's growing evidence that there is a need for nonprofit journalism at a community level in every major community around the country," says ProPublica General Manager Richard Tofel. "You need a number of things: Civic leaders who care Aspen has those, which is a huge plus. And you need an editor who has vision and determination, and in Brent, I think they've got that."


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Oh lookie, see what I found. My Autographs book from the ancient past. Brenda began cleaning out and organizing memorabilia stashed in the lovely old Chinese chest my mother bought on her honeymoon. Someone in the family gave me the book when I was pretty young. It was a fad to get your school friends and even smarter people if you could find them to write a clever verse or popular saying. Limericks were commonly employed too.
This is typical:
"It's hard to part when friends are few,
And your heart is full of hope,
It's harder still to find the towel
When your eyes are full of soap."
Signed Viola. I wonder who Viola was!
One of my early teachers wrote:
"It was only a sunny smile,
And little it cost in the giving,
But it scattered the night
Like the morning light,
And made the day worth living."
A grade school friend wrote:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm a nice squirrel
But nuts to you."
Signatures of eternal friendship included such side-splitters as "Yours till grama-phones," or "Yours till the ocean wears rubber pants." Figure that one out. There were better ones, but it appears that at some point I used an early version of cut and paste, or simply cut.
The passage of a school year or two apparently did not increase the sophistication:
"Ain't this school awful,
Ain't this school funny,
We do the work
And we pay the money."
"Down in the valley green grows the grass,
Came a little billy goat sliding on his ____,
Now don't get flustered, don't get red,
Poor little billy goat was sliding on his head."
Simpler times? I wonder what kids today would write?
19 February 2009
Labels: autographs, Childhood
1 comment:
- Charley "Apple" Grabowski said...
I can never think of anything clever to write in the year books. I'll have to try and come up with a limerick. As for what they write these days - not much poetry but usually silly stuff. I haven't looked at my old yearbooks in years.
- Wednesday, 25 February, 2009
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Family: Cacatuidae (Cockatoos, 14 species in Australia)
Size: 45-52 cm
Distribution: Within 1000-2000 km of the coasts of QLD, NSW, some of NT and northern WA. All of VIC and TAS. The easternmost coasts of SA.
Status: Locally abundant to common
Habitat: Wide ranging in temperate to tropical areas
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The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a well known Australian bird with a loud, raucous call. They sometimes damage wooden parts of houses with their powerful beaks.
Photo: Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney NSW.
Artwork: John Gould, 'The Birds of Australia', 1848. Original Scanned Image.
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