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Many of the meartsed readers send me items that an art teacher recently termed “quirky news”. I like that and sometimes I am not sure where to post them so others who like “quirky things” wouldn’t miss them. So here are some….

New set of stamps coming soon to your neighborhood post office. There’s even a stamp now with a beautiful monarch butterfly for the over sized letters and packages. You can view and learn about them by clicking here. Thank you Stephanie for sharing this with me!

Looking back and how I am today. How many times have you come across an old picture that immediately took you back to that moment? That is one of the reasons I love to take pictures. Here’s a website that highlights those pictures of folks at a younger age and retaken in a similar place and time. This would be cooool to do with students. You can get to the site called Young Me/Now Me by clicking here. Thank you Bob for sharing this with me!

During the depression how did the arts fare? “I was reading a book about Ashley Bryan, given to me by a close friend who has also met him. The book is a sort of “biography.”  He mentioned that during the depression, through the WPA arts classes were offered for free!.  In this time when our budget problems seem to lead the “powers that be” to consider cutting arts out of our schools to save money, I thought it was so interesting to come upon this information.  Might be interesting to do a little more research on the WPA’s program, and reasoning behind their offering these classes???! Thank you Cathy for sharing your thoughts!

Music and the Mind by Jane Christmas, McMaster University, Daily News, Sept. 06 This is an interesting article and the only thing that makes it quirky is the photo that is included of a young person with a sensor net over their head while she has her mind read. The article is very interesting. The research found an “improvement in musical tasks AND a greater improvement on non-musical memory tasks as well”. Please click here to read the article.  Thank you Sally for sharing the article!

I know that I will get other quirky items to post so don’t be surprised if other blog posts are titled “quirky things” in the future.

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