This is history in the form of poetry. It's not even real history, but only the perspectives of kids, history from the point of view of children, so to speak. It chronicles a side of life not usually written about from a historical perspective It was a time that has since passed into obscurity, the 1950's, but a time that needs to be remembered. I am one who remembers.

Why do we have good and evil in our world? There may be an answer. Through casual discussion a way of thinking about good and evil develops that is both insightful and balanced. Thinking differently is the key to helping produce positive changes.

A casual discussion of today's educational system and insights into how learning takes place. Suggestions for improvement. Helpful information in teaching high-risk students. Lifelong learning is the goal. A valuable and inspirational resource for every teacher.

Natural rhythms include patterns observed in water and light, as well as those invisible forces, such as gravity, electromagnetism, and chemical change. Humans are subject to such rhythms, as well as the ones that are contained within the human body. Being able to tune in to these natural patterns in our lives and understand how they affect us is the subject of this casual discussion.

Some of you may be curious about the story; it was a contest in the tradition of Earnest Hemingway. He wrote the first six-word story; some say it was seven, but who knows for sure. It went, "For sale: baby shoes, never used," if I'm not mistaken. My mother's story is somewhat less maudlin; "Alas, her teeth remained in Spain." I love the image of an elderly person traveling to Spain and leaving her teeth in a bar in Madrid after using them as clackers during a night of Flamenco dancing.