Life is..?
Did you ever get lost on Google? I spent an untold amount of time searching for quotes that I could include when I write about what “Life” is to me. And I found so many fascinating quotes that I decided that this post would just be a summary of my favorites. I narrowed it down to these […]
The not-so-ugly duckling
Remember the Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Ugly Duckling? As a child, I found the story distressing to me with those bigger birds pecking on the poor homely “duckling” who finally ran away. The misery and the loneliness, the winter when he froze in the ice…I was unhappy for him until finally in the spring the mistreated bird […]
Pushmi-Pullyu
Do you remember Doctor Dolittle, the man who learned to talk to the animals? First there was the the book for youngsters by Hugh Lofting. And later the movie starring Rex Harrison. Or are you too young?? If so, check it out! The animal I remember the best is the pushmi-pullyu, an imaginary creature resembling […]