Children Without TV #32 Truth and Beauty

Annika Trips Life Fantastic on new i-Pad Air!

Annika Trips Life Fantastic on new i-Pad Air!

Oliver fits shapes; studies contours!

Oliver fits shapes; studies contours!


Albert Einstein:
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children our whole lives.”

Playing on i-Pad
spans rainbows: discoveries
of science and art!

Children Without TV #31 Expressions

Oh! the DOUBT of the "Terrible Twos"!

Oh! the DOUBT of the “Terrible Twos”!

Oh! the doubt of the
terrible twos! two gene pools:
four scrut’nizing eyes.

Children Without TV #30: Magic

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Bold, beguiling stare:
Where werewolves withering bare-
toothed fangs forebode fates…

Children Without TV #29: Reverse Writing: Major Players

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Capital figures:
Majuscules stage the scen’ry
Left, right, in between.

At five who says where the letters go?
Forwards, backwards, on the window pane in the wild?

Children Without TV #28 Modesty

The Bath Conversation & At 5 years, little girl showers herself.

The Bath Conversation &
At 5 years, little girl showers herself.

Eve ate the apple:
Found shame; naked with Adam. In
marches shower glass.

Children Without TV #27 Naming the Babies 2

He Baby Wears Hat She Baby Wears Bow

He Baby Wears Hat
She Baby Wears Bow


Ant Quandry

Ant Quandry

Meaning matters more
than initials made of wood;
power in a name.

Children Without TV #27 Naming the Babies

Antique Boy Doll/Assume the position!

Antique Boy Doll/Assume the position!

New his and her dolls
must be named; Oliver laughs:
“Lily Pad”‘s his name!

Children Without TV #26: Salt of the Earth

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Salt of the earth to a baby: diapers.
Salt of the earth to a 100 year old: diapers.
You don’t have to take their _____!
Point their toes into the leg holes;
Kiss those 10 little piggies
and carry on with the lullabies.

I started with salt; Added "piggies"; David added "stinky"; and Paul Trapp used "stinky piggies". Oh the indignity of us all!

I started with salt; Added “piggies”; David added “stinky”; and Paul Trapp used “stinky piggies”. Oh the indignity of us all!

Children Without TV #24 Who Wears the Hat in This Family?

Oliver Wears the Hat

Oliver Wears the Hat


Parents Wear the Hats

Parents Wear the Hats

Cats, dogs, horses, snow
men wear hats; children: crowns
for prince and princess.

Children Without TV #23 Articulate

submitting to sleep =
squawks, squeals, shattering thunder’s
exploding sky-line!

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