Beep Beep Beep....odd how that sounds just like when my dryer is ready.

That beep beep reminds me of the film "October Sky."  Where young high school chemistry and physics students take it up on themselves to build a rocket after watching the Sputnik satellite fly over.  The risks taken in the movie by the young protagonists would get them arrested today!  Branded a terrorist, or evaluated for mental issues!
I believe that we have changed as a nation so much in the last 50 years.  We have become a technological giant but we also have raised 2 generations of children that do not know where their food comes from, haven't climbed a tree, or really don't "play" outside anymore.  Our obesity rate amongst children is sky high (overly processed everything on the grocery store shelves.)  There is even a movement to learn how to "slow cook!"
    We as Americans have become soft (hence the note about my dryer).  In the summer I dry my clothes on the line,  I have actually had neighbors ask me if my dryer was broken!  What?  No! I want my clothes to smell fresh - the reply? "You can get that from Downy!"
   I think of movies such as WALL-E and it is frightening just how real that scenario could be!
   Our next sputnik should be a push to return to the basics.  Playing outside, discovery, turning off the tech when not at work....turning on the outside world....tuning in to the world around us.  Our next sputnik should be to care for our planet.  Clean it, preserve it. enjoy it.

Wordle for Oregon State Science Standards

Since when did instilling a sense of wonder not be part of our standards?

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favorite bird

my favorite bird is the sparrow. Why? because without the drab little ordinary sparrow, you wouldn't notice the bird of paradise.

Hello, welcome!

Hope your year is going well.  I am posting my visual representation this weekend.  Please let me know what you think!