Don't forget to get up early Tuesday, Aug. 28 (if the sky is clear) to enjoy the total lunar eclipse! Around 5 AM ought to do. Take a look, have a coffee, go take another look... repeat!
For details and an excellent Web link, visit my earlier blog entry on this subject:
Now you can use the Google Earth system to take you to any place on this planet and ask to look up, at the sky! You'll need to have the Google Earth application installed on your computer in order to try this add-on feature.
Find Google Earth at: http://earth.google.com
I love this part of the BBC News piece announcing the Google tool....
HAVE YOU HEARD THE TERRIFIC NEWS?
We are gathering images right now for an Arcadia Publishing book about Westlake, Ohio. Our mission is to share information and images that reflect life in our community the way it used to be. Can we borrow a picture from you?
WHO CAN SUBMIT IMAGES?
Any individuals and organizations with content relating to the history of Dover Township and the Westlake area.
Okaaaaaaaay, so I know it's supposed to rain all week. Not to worry--stay inside and enjoy the downtime. Pretty soon, you'll be begging for it!
RAINY DAY ACTIVITIES:
Crafty day--Google "easy kids crafts" and gather whatever you have on hand at home. Let the creative sparks fly!
Cookin' in the kitchen--crack open a cookbook, or dig out Grandma's favorite from your file. Nothing like freshly baked bread, cookies, or a new take on dinner to put smiles on faces.
COLLEGE INFORMATION: Books and Sites
A few helpful titles to get you started--
Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting into College, by Sally P. Springer and Marion R. Franck
College Board Guide: Getting Financial Aid 2007, from College Board
What Colleges Don't Tell You (and what other parents don't want you to know): 272 Secrets to Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools, by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
Fall Deadlines Approaching!
The Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University offers above-grade level testing for bright students, and provides parents and students with assessment and counseling tools to help make sound academic choices. Registration for the Midwest Academic Talent Search begins in September.
Midwest Academic Talent Search
Do your kids need to brush-up on academic skills before school starts? Here are some fun sites to visit before easing back into school.
Also, if you'd like a Kindergarten Readiness checklist, one is available from this site:
Family Education
According to a January 17, 1932 article in "The Cleveland Sunday News," the frame building which housed the Porter Library was originally used as a saloon.
"Way back in the (18)80's, the gay young blades of Dover thronged the building for a drink of this, that or the other. Many a night the good townsfolk were kept awake by the roisterers. Then a literary society decided to take matters in hand. The saloon was a menace that had to be dealt with drastically."
This is one lunar eclipse you won't have to stay up late for... instead, you'll probably need to get up early! You won't need a telescope to see the eclipse and moonlight is perfectly safe to view without special eye protection.
{NOTE: Click Here to see a NASA Web page with loads of information on this eclipse!}
Love, and Community and Friendships and Walt Whitman and.....Wow, WordWeaver could go on longer! There's a wonderful book WordWeaver just read that is about all those things and more. It is the third book in the AURORA COUNTY trilogy by Deborah Wiles. The book is THE AURORA COUNTY ALL-STARS.
A secret, House Jackson has a whopper of one. He's spent the last year at the bedside of a dying old man known as "Mean-Man Boyd" by all the other kids.
