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I've been helping my younger son study the Periodic Table of the Elements for a chemistry test. One of us is embarrassingly enthusiastic about this. "Po!" I announce. "Polonium! Now that was named by Marie Curie for her native Poland and…"
For some reason – can this really be my child? – he puts his head on the table. So later, while mulling over Pb (lead), I simply send him an e-mail informing him that the Pb came from the Latin word plumbum, which referred to a malleable metal. "Pb. Plumbum. Plumbing! Lead Pipes! See? It's all connected!"
For some reason – could there have been a substitution at the hospital birth center? – he pretends he never received this missive. Over dinner, however, the conversation somehow shifts to the subject of REALLY DORKY parents who insist on telling their children WAY MORE than they want to know.
For some reason, this makes me laugh. He may have something here, the barest slightest possibility of a point. His mother IS a Period Table crazy, the kind of nut who looks at a son's high school homework and starts admiring this wonderful structure, this table of contents for the book of life, this intricate, ornate doorway to the world around us.
The Periodic Table of the Elements resembles on first glance a stacked wall of square blocks, scribbled over with numbers and details as if a graffiti artist had spent a chemically improved afternoon here. Each block is marked with an element's chemical symbol and that symbol surrounded by the kind of details that chemists see as essential – atomic weight, oxidation states, boiling point, melting point, electron configuration, density – and countless others see as strange and mysterious.
The symbol blocks are stacked top to bottom according to each element's atomic number, which tells you the number of positively charged protons fizzing around in the nucleus. Hydrogen (H) has just one proton, for instance, floating it to the top of the chart. The unstable radioactive element plutonium (Pu) is packed with 94 protons, which drag it down to near bottom of the list.
"I know what kind of student you were," he says darkly, and it's clear he suspects that I spent my high school years lurking around the Bunsen burners, cleaning test tubes and wiping chemical crud off some kind of legally registered Dweeb glasses.
Of course, this makes me laugh some more and we have quite the little discussion about parents who don't know when something is ACTUALLY FUNNY. And then – because he does have this quiz coming up, after all – we return to the wonders of the Table of Tables.
Other writers have done real justice to this subject, of course. There's Sam Kean's terrific 2010 book , The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. There's Theo Gray's absolutely gorgeous collection of photographs in The Elements. And from this year's book list, there's Hugh Aldersey-Williams' elegant cultural history, Periodic Tables.
And always, always, Tom Lehrer's wonderful elements song":
Perhaps I'm just not entertaining enough for my teenage audience. Or perhaps the problem is just that I'm his chemistry nut of a parent. "Now look at this box right next to lead (Pb! Plumbing!)", I say. "Tl, that's thallium. Incredibly cool poison. Almost perfect if you wanted to kill someone. Except for one thing. Guess what that is?"
Silence. Minor eye roll. My son knows I'm going to tell him anyway. "It makes your hair fall out," I explain. "Back in the 1930s, they used to put it into depilatory creams, you know, that women used to get rid of their mustaches and all. But pretty soon those women would be sick and then they'd go completely bald."
"I'll bet they looked like Coach _______." This being a reference to a shiny-headed physical education teacher who, according to middle school sources, polished his head with bowling ball wax. "Really! When Coach shook his head people saw little chunks of wax falling onto the floor!"
There's really no point as a parent in trying to dispute these school mythologies. Plus I don't actually want to know about the chunks. "Well, I don't think these poor women put bowling ball wax on their heads," I say. "And anyway if we don't focus on learning these elements, you won't have time to do anything else."
The periodic table is an attempt by scientists to impose order on the chemical dance of the elements, how they interact, bond together, and break apart, build life and destroy it. Someone like me – a science story teller rather than a scientist – sees it also as a story, our story, in fact. The scrawl of chemical graffiti also serves as a guide to our own history, to our chemical explorations of the world, to mistakes made, lessons learned.
"So Ra (number 88) is radium, right? And when it was discovered (pause to look this up, turns out to be 1898) people thought of it like a tiny, glowing sun that we'd dug out of the ground. They put it into health drinks and little candies and never even thought that swallowing something radioactive might be bad for you."
"When did they figure it out?" he asks. This is a child of the atomic era, after all, and he's been taught for years about plutonium, uranium (U, number 92), grown up in the shadow of the bomb, in our modern angst over radiation. "Were they just dumb?"
"They really didn't know until they started using it in all these things and people started to die, really in the 1920s, so it took a couple decades. It takes us a while to figure these things out." It's the figuring out, the exploration, that tends to fascinate me and I've written about the rather scandalous history of radium on this blog and in my book, The Poisoner's Handbook.
"No," he declares. "They were just dumb." I remind myself that at least his head isn't on the table and that – since he maintains that he really is my child – all his annoying qualities are undoubtedly inherited from my husband rather than myself.
This thought cheers me up enough that I'm unfazed by his declaration that xenon (Xe, number 54) is the best element in the table due to its connection to the old sci-fi series, Xena the Warrior Princess, which is A LOT cooler than really dumb people poisoning themselves with radium.
He nods in triumph. And I nod back. I don't smile; I don't dance around the table congratulating myself on the fact that he's learning the Periodic Table. I just continue onto the next element. And quietly polish my registered Dweeb glasses.
(Note: This is an updated (and, of course, much better version of an earlier post in honor of the International Year of Chemistry.)


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For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.—Psalm 103:11-12
Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they prevent us from believing.
I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, pp. 162-163
"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desparately needs this reminder this morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."
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I know I don't post very often here now, but I wanted to bring to your attention a variant of PAP that I find rather interesting. I start by showing you the puzzle, which I've redone in another program for the purposes of this demo. If you want to try it yourself,
here is a direct PDF link
. If you get lost, I've given a solve demo below the picture.
I recognize these images are large; only the starting position and the final solution will appear inline, and the rest will be linked for those who want to try to solve along with this demo.
The first thing you'll notice are the squares, which are called "obscured clues" (hereafter referred to mostly as squares or square clues). These clues are not known and are actually not needed to solve the puzzle; in essence, knowing those clues would make the puzzle way too easy. This is especially interesting in the bottom row, which has only a square as a clue.
Let's begin the way one would normally begin solving, by filling in known areas. For now, we're going to treat each black square - known to be a separate area of cells from any other number, per normal PAP rules - as a clue of "1" for the purposes of filling starting points (red don't come into play for this), and I'll explore more about squares later, not solving them for now.
This is the result.
(The black square in the third row from the bottom was used for the purpose of determining the lower-right cell being red; the cell above clearly cannot be.)
Now that we're out of obvious plays, let's start looking at the squares. Each square can be any number from 1-26 (left clues) or from 1-22 (top clues) based on the grid dimensions. I'm going to replace them with the actual clue determined via solving for simplicity, though you would normally just recognize that the square clue is solved. Because each square is a single set of cells, it can sometimes be very easy to solve for a square; in other cases, you must rely on a dot (cell that is not true) or a cell of another colour in the grid to tell you that a square clue can now be solved.
Let's solve for red. This is actually the easiest part of the puzzle, as all of the red cells are in the lower seven rows only. Also, six rows contain one red square each and every column of the puzzle has one red clue (number or square).
We'll start with the bottom row, which already has six red cells indicated. When solving for a square, any group of cells like this can automatically be connected as part of a single set of clues. This means that the entire row is filled, making the square in this row have a value of 26.
Using a similar technique, every single row can be connected in the middle two columns, resulting in clues of 4, 8, 12, 16, and 16 respectively in the first four rows. This also completes three squares in the columns, which from left to right are shown to be a 2, 7, and 7. This leaves us one final red square to solve for, in the second column from the right; by using the "2" clues nearby that are all completed it can be deduced that the group cannot extend to the next cell above, thus solving red in its entirety. We can also fill in one more black cell on the left side.
You should be here at this point.
Sharp learners can see that I've solved one black square as a "4" already filled in on the left, in the fourth row from the bottom. Beyond this, we cannot solve for the left side yet, so we'll move to the right side of the grid.
Over here, look at row 13, with a square, 3, 3, and another square. On the right side, if you attempt to extend the first of the two filled cells to form a group of three, it connects to the other cell to make a group of four. Therefore, you know that all four cells are part of this obscured clue, and can fill them. Similar solving can be done for the 2 in the row below, but we're going to skip this and look at the third and fourth columns from the right. The top cells cannot stretch down to connect and form a 7; it would be too long. Therefore, we automatically know that the second and third sets must be connected as the square is the only remaining clue in each column, so go ahead and connect them. This also gives you two more cells, one as part of each of the "7" clues. DO NOT ASSUME THE SQUARE CLUES IN THE ROWS ARE SOLVED YET; we still have one unmarked column to the right.
The fifth and sixth rows from the bottom now have their "2" clues solved, and in the lower of the two rows, we can also solve the "1". This allows us to complete a few more cells with it, as well as solve more on the right side that gets narrowed in. Work on your own with basic clues (do not solve beyond these eight columns for any rows yet; there are some where you can continue, but I will pick up there) and you should eventually reach
this point
You may have noticed I've replaced several squares with "4" clues; these are solved just by working on the right side. If you are intrepid and have gone on past where I paused here, you may have further progress, but I will now resume solving for rows.
The "8" can now be started; three cells can be filled. Meanwhile, the row with 4,2,1,1,1,1,2,4 (the last "4" being a solved square) can have two cells filled in on the left thanks to progress on the right.
We still cannot proceed at all on the left, so we'll continue in the middle. Two columns can have a "1" clue bordered. Once this is done, it's possible to solve part of a "6" on the left side, allowing a group of false squares to be marked where a sole black "4" - similar to the right side - is given. This leaves the fifth row from the bottom and two related columns to be fully solved. More simple solving gets you
Again, your progress may be slightly ahead; I avoid getting too far ahead for the sake of confusing you.
The ninth row from the top can now be started. On each side of the grid, there is a batch of 1,2,1 that can be filled in. This completes a lot of "4" clues in some columns, and THAT does something extremely useful; it puts a break between the square clues and the "7" clues on both the left and right sides of the grid. On each side, two obscured clues can be solved as "12" clues and connected, while the "7" clues can also be solved. More work results in
both sides being completely solved
(square clues all replaced with numbers).
There are only seven square clues left to be solved, and we can start by filling in more of the "8" clue smack dab in the middle. All six known cells are known to be a "1" clue, and can be closed. Following this, the second row from the bottom with NO RED in it (now marked as 4,2,1,1,2,4) can have one square of the "2" on each side filled. Moving to columns, we can now fill in seven of the required squares for each "8" clue. Back in the row we just visited, we can now solve each "2" clue, and we can start on the "3" clues in the row above. The known fills for the "3" clues will complete two columns and will lead us to
a discovery
that allows us to complete the puzzle.
The outer instances of obscured clues in the columns are now known to be "1" and the rest of those solved columns are completed appropriately. The "8" in the 4,8,4 is now able to be completed, and the remaining square clues in columns can be completed with the help of the row with the red group of four cells. After marking false squares in a few rows and affirming two squares as "1" clues (each row being 6,1,1,6), there is one final square to solve. All we have to do is connect and complete a "4" clue there. The rest is solved normally and you get what looks like a red carpet entrance to some home or festivity.
And that is how you solve an obscured clues puzzle. Please comment and discuss! If you want to download the PDF of the puzzle, the link is above at the start of the post.
Would love to see Conceptis try this someday to make those smaller puzzles just a tad more difficult.
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Sound artist and sculptor Oliver diCicco's newest work, "Sirens," is simply amazing. As I walked into SomArts' cavernous Main Gallery I felt like I was transported into the ocean and I was watching the skeleton of some massive ship twisting and turning in the waves. I found out later that what I saw was not the finale of this particular piece of eye candy.
diCicco, who is known for his theatrical productions Exit Vacaville and Xibalba, is an enigmatic Bay Area artist whose online presence is minimal to say the least. He makes art that doubles as instruments so I was surprised to find no mention of him on YouTube, no video of his work anywhere. I only received an email from a friend at SRL that this show was opening and maybe I should check it out. I am a big fan of large-scale sculpture and a bigger fan of kinetic sculpture, pieces that move and change over time.
"Sirens" is made of 11 pieces with a number of movable parts that spin around. Together, the 11 individual pieces are are designed to look like the hull of a ship or the body of a whale. I was hypnotized visually but I was told they were mesmorizing pieces of sound sculpture as well.
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Yet before the opening closed, someone in the crowd hollered for everyone to shut up for a minute so we could enjoy the piece. The crowd complied and it was silent except for this beautiful whistling noise made by each tip of the 11 pieces as they swung in the air. The effect was dramatic – it sounded like a whale song.
When I got to work this afternoon, I bragged about it to fellow Seen bloggers Jennifer and Robert. This is something that has to be seen and enjoyed.Â
If you can't read the card above, SomArts Cultural Center is at 934 Brannan St., San Francisco. "Sirens" will be on display from now until Feb. 14, 2008. Gallery hours are from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call 415-552-2131 for more information.


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This has been a popular list the past two summers so, following tradition, I've updated it with current times and locations along with a few new events.
I get frequent emails from people new to Anchorage who want to know about activities for kids and this post is my answer. If you're not in Anchorage it might give you ideas for activities in your own community--try putting together a list for your own town. Every parent there will thank you.
1. Visit the Loussac Library. Sign up for the 2008 Summer Reading Program "Catching the Reading Bug" where children earn rewards for reading.
Some extra events to see (click links for more details):
June 13 Beekeepers and Bees
June 26 Alaskan Insects
June 24-25 Bugs on the Big Screen movies and crafts
July 1 Creepy Crawlies
July 8 Don Russell, magician
July 15-17 Bugs on the Big Screen 2 movies and crafts
July 22 Mad Science in Alaska bug expo
July 29 Megan Holtan, juggler
Join one of the reading groups at the story theater in the Loussac Library:
Mother Goose (birth-18 months) on Thurs 10:30 am, Fri 2:30
Lapsit (18 months-3 years) Tues 10:30, 11:30 Wed 10:30, Thurs 7pm, Friday 10:30
Storytime (3-5 years) Thurs & Fri 11:30 am
2. Enjoy outdoor concerts at "Music in the Park". These free outdoor concerts are Wednesdays & Fridays noon-1pm at Peratrovitch park downtown and are always fun. We never miss the bagpipes because who doesn't like bagpipes, kilts and a picnic in the sun? There is also "Music for Little Ones" concerts every Monday noon-1pm, "Theater Thursdays" productions every Thursday noon-1 pm, "Live After Five" concerts every Friday 5-8pm and "Cultural Faire" cultural events every Saturday 2-3 pm. All are held at the same location downtown.
Jun 4 Central High Band
Jun 6 Carhart Brothers
Jun 11 Dixie Express (AF Band of the Pacific)
Jun 13 Arctic Rock (9th Army Band)
Jun 18 Jomala Jazz Quintet
Jun 20 The Asteroids
Jun 25 Karenodie & Paul
Jun 27 Highland Bagpipe Competition
Jul 2 Alaskan Express (AF Band of the Pacific)
Jul 9 Melissa Bledsoe Fisher (jazz)
Jul 11 Jammin' Salmon Dixie Band (9th Army Band)
Jul 16 Folk's Tales
Jul 18 Robin Hopper
Jul 23 Karenodie & Paul
Jul 25 Derry Aires
Jul 30 Alaska Brass (AF Band of the Pacific)
Aug 1 Galway Days Band (Irish)
Aug 6 Sneaky Feeling
Aug 8 Alaska Brass (AF Band of the Pacific)
Aug 13 Top Cover (AF Band of the Pacific)
Aug 15 Jared Woods
Aug 20 Midnight Starlight
Aug 22 Melissa Bledsoe Fisher (jazz)
Aug 27 Top Cover (AF Band of the Pacific)
Aug 29 Alaska Button Box Gang
3. See auto racing at The Northstar Speedway. This track in Wasilla has Saturday and Sunday racing May 17th through September 6th (but not August 30th). The gates open at 2 pm and races start at 5pm. GCI customers can go to any GCI store for free tickets, otherwise it's $10 for adults, $5 for kids and free for kids 10 and under. We went a couple years ago and had a great time--there was even a demolition derby before the races.
4. See a free movie at the Dimond Center Theaters. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10am the theaters hold their Free Family Family Film Festival where two movies are shown, no age limit. Movies are shown concurrently all three days.
May 27-29 Doogal & Shrek 3
Jun 3-5 Jonah: Veggie Tales & Bee Movie
Jun 10-12 Veggie Tales: Pirates & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 17-19 Mr. Bean's Holiday & Nancy Drew
Jun 24-26 Charlotte's Web & The Water Horse
Jul 1-3 Wallace and Gromit & Surf's Up
Jul 8-10 Mr. Magorium's Emporium & Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jul 15-17 Everyone's Hero & Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jul 22-24 Arctic Tale & Firehouse Dog
Jul 29-31 Jimmy Neutron & Happily N'Ever After
5. Catch a Bucs Baseball game. Playing at Mulcahy Stadium several evenings a week (usually at 7pm) June 9th-August 2nd, this is great fun. Bring a big bag of peanuts and show your kids what baseball at sunny 10pm feels like. The library's summer reading program often gives out free passes for four to the games otherwise admission is $5, six and under are free.
6. Go gold panning at Indian Valley Mine. Off of the Seward Highway just before the turnoff to Indian and open from May 15th-September 15th 9am-9pm. Admission is $1 per person for the mine and museum and then $5 and up for a bucket of dirt to pan--depending on the amount of dirt. It's very clean and very easy for small children and the views of Turnagain Arm are worth the trip. This isn't quite free but it's nearly so.
7. Build something at The Home Depot and Lowe's kid clubs. Free to children of all ages, each store's kids' club provide aprons (to keep), tools, safety goggles and kits to build various easy woodworking projects such as birdhouses, bookshelves and wooden toys. Home Depot on Abbott holds their kids' club the first Saturday of every month 9am-12pm while supplies last (and I've never seen them run out but it can get crowded around the tables). Lowe's on Old Seward and O'Malley holds theirs the 2nd Saturday at 10am. Children get certificates of completion and patches to put on their aprons each time they complete a project.
8. Go fossil hunting in Sutton. Anywhere where the rock is layered and loose you can find plant fossils from the late Cenozoic period (50-70 million years old). Bring a good map, take any road into the Talkeetna Mountains, find a good place to turn off and you'll find fossils. The kids like carrying picks and buckets--but the picks are more for fun than necessity. It's just fun banging rocks. I've got a post coming on this one later this summer with pictures from when we went.
9. Visit some of Anchorage's lakes. Rent paddle boats at Cheney Lake (on Baxter road), swim at Goose Lake (the corner of East Northern Lights and Providence Drive) or picnic at Lake Hood (near the airport) and watch the planes take off at the world's largest and busiest float plane harbor. There's also the dinghy sailboat regatta held at Jewel Lake June 27th 12-4pm which sounds fun--or you can just fish at Jewel Lake any Saturday you want.
10. See paragliders off the mountain in Girdwood near the Alyeska Prince Hotel. On a clear day the updrafts start around noon and though it's free to sit and watch them land down around the hotel grounds for the best view take the tram ride ($14 with an Alaska ID, $7 for kids 7 and under) up the mountain for a picnic and first-hand view of their takeoffs. Hatcher's Pass is a bit farther from Anchorage in the opposite direction but also has a great view and is popular with the paragliders--and it's free from all viewpoints.
11. Pick blueberries on Flat Top or at Hatcher's Pass. The Flat Top trailhead starts at the top of Upper Huffman Road and though the entire trail (2 miles) may not be suitable for small children, the lower alpine area known as Blueberry Hill is great for picking berries in town. It's best to check about the first week of August to see if the berries are ripe, if you wait too long they'll be all gone. Hatcher's Pass, though farther, has more blueberries than you could ever pick if you're up for a two-hour drive. For an easy hike (even with a stroller) try the beautiful Thunderbird Falls. Follow the signs from the Glenn Highway twenty minutes north of Anchorage. For a longer hike that has a spectacular prize at the end try the Winner Creek Trail in Girdwood. Andrew and I were there for our anniversary last year.
12. Ride Alaska Live Steamers miniature train. In Wasilla between the Museum of Transportation and the airport this 7.5 gauge miniature train is big enough for children and adults to sit on the individual cars as the train travels through the woods on a 20 minute train ride. The train runs the 1st and 3rd Saturdays the middle of May through the middle of September 10am-4pm. Cost isn't free but it's minimal ($4 for adults, children under 2 are free) children under 3 need a car seat but the owners have one to loan in a pinch. We did this last year and had a fun time if you'd like pictures and video footage.
13. Attend the annual 4th of July parade or the Governor's Picnic. Festivities for the Independence Day celebration include a parade and fireworks, all free to the public. The governor's picnic is an annual event usually held toward the end of July at the Delaney Parkstrip between 9th and 10th Avenues downtown with activities and free food for all. Check the Anchorage Daily News for times as July draws closer. There are usually summer solstice events as well every year.
14. Visit the Eagle River Nature Center. I have wanted to visit ever since I discovered their claim to be home to Alaska's 27 indigenous species of orchids (or something close to that, the details were sketchy). Who would have thought? Open every day from 9am-5pm (7pm on Fridays and Saturdays) the center has nine miles of hiking trails and conducts free nature events for kids all summer long. See their website for details but they're planning "Welcome Back Birds" (May 24th) and "Exploring Streams and Ponds" (May 31st) as an example. Here in Anchorage there is also the Campbell Creek Science Center that has trails of its own where you can see eagles and bunnies and even eagles eating bunnies (seen it). Check their calender for lectures and programs.
15. Visit Seward for the 81st Annual Mountain Marathon. Every 4th of July Seward, Alaska hosts the Mountain Marathon and though you may not be prepared to participate it's fun to see. I quote from the website:
The foot race is a climb and descent on Mt. Marathon - a mile and a half up and a mile and a half down, complete with cliffs, scree fields, waterfalls, and a spectacular view. This annual event draws runners from around the world.
Over the years, this home town historical event has drawn increased participation ~ resulted in new milestones. 54 women finished the first-ever women's race in 1985, juniors began logging their records in 1994, and 2005 heralded the beginning of the "staggered start" for the senior races. The popular Mini Marathon race starts them out young - toddling just a few feet to victory!
The tradition of the Mt. Marathon Race, according to folklore, began when two sourdoughs had an argument about whether it was possible to climb and descend the mountain in less than one hour.
If you think running is hard, you need to see running Alaskan style. When they come down they're sliding and skidding and tumbling--usually a bit cut up--but it's quite the sporting event to see. We're thinking about going this year.
16. Visit Elmendorf State Fish Hatchery. Here you can view fish at various stages of growth at the facilities located at the corner of Reeve Boulevard and Post Road. The best time for viewing coho salmon is September but the hatchery is open from late May-September 8am-10pm.
17. Join a bookstore reading club. Most bookstores in town have a reading hour for kids, some with crafts and other activities. Many have reading programs that offer rewards in the form of coupons and free books to children who complete the reading goals. Barnes and Noble has Preschool Storytime on Wednesdays at 11am and Beginning Readers Storytime on Saturdays at 1pm. Call (907) 279-7323 for more details. Borders has their Storytime on Tuesdays at 11am and 1pm and Saturdays at 11am, call (907) 344-4099 for more details.
18. See dogs catching frisbees. Skyhoundz is the local canine frisbee catching championships (not to be confused with the canine catching frisbee championships--watch those modifiers folks). June 8 9am-4pm at Delaney Park strip. All the cool dogs will be there.
19. See "Arctic Thunder." Because of budget restraints the annual Elmendorf AFB airshow has been canceled the past couple years but it's back June 28-29th 9am-4pm with the Thunderbirds airshow. BRING THE EARPLUGS! (See how I shouted that? That was irony you see, because it's really loud during the show). You must bring plugs, if nothing else to protect your kids' ears. Oh, and bring a picnic. I've heard rumor that in years past they've had a special day open to children with special needs because the crowds are usually too large on the regular public days. Email them at their site if this is something you're interested in to see if it's going to happen this year too.
20. Bike the coastal trail. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail reaches 10.5 miles from downtown Anchorage, along the coast of Cook Inlet and down to Kincaid Park. With easy terrain and beautiful scenery it's a great bike ride for kids--there are plenty of parks along the way as good places to stop for a picnic if little legs get tired. The Copper Whale Inn on L Street above Elderberry Park near the beginning of the trail has bike rentals. Pictures of one of our trips can be seen here.
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celina says
I don't know if you'll even read this…but….i went to the movie last night..
First off can i say absolutely fabulous..for the first time EVER as a theatre geek…i prefered the movie..and was in awe of the whole thing.
I went in with your post ringing in my ears…..do i love others…yes…definately..i give of myself as much as i can ….and struggle over not emptying the house tommorrow and feeling guilt over where i live etc…not the point i'm getting to…
it was the part where val jean says he's kept everyone away, cosette wasn't his to lose…and how he made the house too quiet…
I was burned by a friendship years ago and have locked the doors and not let anyone in and close again…..if it is a blessing for ME to love others….why can i NOT BE loved in return. Why do i shelter my children from fellowship and the chance to love others they KNOW instead of the faceless many of our charities….
anyhow…lot's to think on…i adored the film…and i loved your post and how you shared….so i felt led to share as well…if i had to choose a work for 2013 would be fellowship or friendship…which ever is deeper..(english is my second language..i'll have to investigate the 2 words..)
Thanks for all you do and all you share..warts and all…you stir much in the hearts of others…thanks!!
Celina in Virginia
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How can I "lovingly" yell "get in the car!"
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