Politician-ing the environment

Here is a “funny” from this afternoon: We were discussing environments in science today.  Hannah piped up, “You shouldn’t politician the environment.”  I smiled and explained that a politician is someone who works in government and the word she wanted was “pollute” which means to make something dirty or mess it up.  “Well,” she said,… Continue Reading Politician-ing the environment

In Light of This, Why?

I have a morning routine, almost a ritual.  The alarm goes off early, I get up, get dressed in a semi-asleep state.  Wake up enough to pick up my laptop with a couple of things balanced on top (usually a couple of books and the powerpack), then I proceed to tiptoe downstairs trying not to… Continue Reading In Light of This, Why?