Today’s mass murder on a college campus in the US shook me up, not because of its scale, but because I have a nephew who is a freshman at a large state university in the US and it could have just as well been at his school. On the other hand, my nieces and nephews have schools to go to. What about all the places where war makes education impossible or very difficult? Darfur. 24,000 Iraqi students crowded into Jordanian classrooms. Bomb threats in Pakistani schools.
If you’re visiting this blog and haven’t added yourself to the map, please consider doing so. If you work with kids, as a professional, as a volunteer, or as a parent, count your blessings today.
It’s cold outside today, so I’m honoring my mittens. You can’t see in it this picture, but they are flip-top so I can unlock the door without taking them off. Very handy. They’re knit in Lovikkagarn, which is like Lopi but Swedish, and the squares are embroidered on.
