"Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers." - Titus Maccius Plautus

I can't think when the last time was that I was home but went a week without posting. I hope you didn't miss me.

Many things have happened in the past week: Josh's Birthday, Tourney of Love event, E's overnight at Mimi and Poppa's house, working, snowfall, rain, life. I won't bore you with all that.

E has a set of Beanie Baby sized stuffed Pooh characters: Everyone is there, including the gopher, a stuffed elephant who stands in for Lumpy (from the modern Heffalump movie), and also the sheep ("His name is Pig") that we bought E at Birka.

E: Owl can fly. He has wings.
Me: Do you have wings?
E: No, I have hands and fingers and arms.
Me: That's right. Can Lumpy fly?
E: No, he has feet.
Me: Can Rabbit fly?
E: No, he has feet too. He bounces.
Me: That's right. He's a good bouncer. Can the sheep fly?
E: No, he has feet too. Birds can fly.
Me: Yes, that's right. All birds can fly, except Penguins.
Editor's note: yes, I know that's wrong. A Penguin is the only flightless bird that E knows about, however.
E: Yes, they fly. They have wings. [Thinks] Can Whales Fly?



Me: Thinks about telling him about the Twitter Fail Whale, resists saying "Yes, if birds carry them." No, whales swim.
E: Fish swim too.
Me: Yes, that's right. And you can swim, too.
E: Yes, I can! And so can you, Mamma. And we can bounce, too. And we can fly.
Me: Yes, E, if we want to, we can fly.

Daily Gazette

Here's a little catch-up Gazette for you.

The Cardboard Kitchen
Cardboard food art

Great Depression Cooking with Clara
Clara Cannucciari was born in 1915. Her Great-grandson has been making short films of Clara cooking recipes that Clara's mother used during the Great Depression and posting them to YouTube. This is great stuff. "Welcome to my kitchen. I'm Clara, I'm 93 years old, and today we are making meals from the depression."

All About Armor
With some fairly wonky extant helms

The Serious Need for Play
Scientific American

No Fear: Growing up in a Risk Averse Society
Free e-book. Good stuff.

The Institute of Draped Clothes
"We are an institute for the research, study, preservation and promotion of draped clothing such as saris, belted plaids, Roman togas, sarongs, and other unstitched costumes found all over the world and History." Really, you want the web library

Sari Safari

The relationship between cinema and comics

McCulture: An Essay

Avid Book Reader
A blog

50 of the World's Best Food Blogs
... according to the Times of London

World of Warcraft Papercraft

That seems to bring this list full circle, so I'll leave you 'till next time.