On the way to the beach, I stopped at a yard sale where I found a curiosity from 1964 -- an actual boxed game called "Allegiance: the Constitution Game." (It's a game to help children learn about the Constitution, if you can imagine such a thing.)
I was ten years old when that game came out, and I remember they actually used to teach children to be proud of the Constitution, and of American freedom. Of course, today it's little more than nostalgia.
When we got to the beach, Coco remembered that she "dug" sand, and wasted little time getting it all over her face.
While I couldn't write any posts while I was there, I did focus on a few that stood out.
Here's a closeup of the two "swimmers."
Finally, I tried to hold Coco still for a picture, but she just kept kissing me.
I think this was Coco's way of telling me that a day at the beach is preferable to watching me stare into a screen while making little tapping sounds.
UPDATE (09/19/05): As commenter Mary Ann points out below (and in her blog), Friday happened to be Constitution Day, and I wrote this post on Saturday, September 17. As Mary Ann makes clear, though,
(Just trying to comply with the law, folks!) Seriously, though, isn't it tough to get kids to attend class on a Saturday?
posted by Eric on 09.17.05 at 08:49 PM
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Excellent. I never saw that particular game, but it looks fascinating.
When I was 10, I was in the 5th grade, Mrs. Smith's class, in which we learned something about the history of the United States, the various states themselves, and the provinces of Canada. We did reports on states. My brother Dave did Hawaii and I did Alaska. Our parents gave me a book on Hawaiian mythology for Christmas the next year, still one of my favorite books, Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky.
Back in 4th grade, we learned about the history of our own state, Oregon, my Oregon, from the Lewis and Clark expedition on. In 6th grade, we studied the entire Western hemisphere, the lands to our south. I was getting interested in Mayan and Aztec mythology at that time. Later, in 7th grade, we learned a bit about the evils of Communism. Unfortunately, I was Communist-leaning (socialist) at that point, so it took a few years for the lesson to finally sink in.
Textbooks of that age explained our Constitutional form of government and had charts contrasting Freedom vs. Communism.
The style of it all!
Excellent photos once again. You are a master photographer.
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
Excellent. I never saw that particular game, but it looks fascinating.
When I was 10, I was in the 5th grade, Mrs. Smith's class, in which we learned something about the history of the United States, the various states themselves, and the provinces of Canada. We did reports on states. My brother Dave did Hawaii and I did Alaska. Our parents gave me a book on Hawaiian mythology for Christmas the next year, still one of my favorite books, Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky.
Back in 4th grade, we learned about the history of our own state, Oregon, my Oregon, from the Lewis and Clark expedition on. In 6th grade, we studied the entire Western hemisphere, the lands to our south. I was getting interested in Mayan and Aztec mythology at that time. Later, in 7th grade, we learned a bit about the evils of Communism. Unfortunately, I was Communist-leaning (socialist) at that point, so it took a few years for the lesson to finally sink in.
Textbooks of that age explained our Constitutional form of government and had charts contrasting Freedom vs. Communism.
The style of it all!
Excellent photos once again. You are a master photographer.