My readers truly made my Monday yesterday by chiming in on the Little Tikes “neutral” toy collection. What a wonderful discussion! It was a great way to start the week. A tip of the hat to this suggestion:
Maybe Legos could be next - beige Legos on a beige carpet would be so much fun to find... with your foot.
Ouch!
To top it off, Facebook got in the act and has started targeting me for adverts for clothing in neutral shades. Gee, thanks.
Sarah Sundae has reported that the Rowan’s Dream cupcake fundraiser at Icing on the Cake raised $1,155 dollars! At an overall goal of $60,000 dollars for a wheelchair-accessible van for her son, she is in a long journey. Community response to the cupcake fundraiser has to be encouraging, though. So much of crowdfunding for medical needs these days depends so much on connecting with someone who knows someone who has an idea about someone else who might help.
In my opinion that’s not at all how it should work. And yet: here we are.
Bushy Park Elementary School was closed yesterday because they had no water. Without access to water all classes and after school activities had to be canceled. This reminds me:
One last thing: being able to use the toilet is a basic human right. It is one of the main reasons why schools are required to close if there’s a water outage: toilet use. So locking bathrooms is not and never can be seen as a solution no matter how difficult the situation. Taking away a human right is not a logical consequence to behavior. - - Bathroom Blues, Village Green/Town²
My post about bathroom issues turned up multiple confirmations that we do have schools where bathrooms are kept locked on a regular basis and students are forced to hunt from floor to floor to find an open one. This is an unnecessary stressor and a waste of instructional time. Some just try to wait until they go home and/or deliberately reduce much needed fluid intake. That’s a health risk.
I know that schools are dealing with frustrating issues with student bathrooms. That doesn’t negate their responsibility to provide adequate access to a basic human need.
Finally, a couple of follow ups the the debut of the Flash bus service.
Things Did Not Go As Planned, from Trains Are Awesome
We rode Flash BRT on its first morning in Howard County. Here’s how it went. George Berkheimer, The Business Monthly
My favorite part of the second article was this:
One northbound passenger, who did not provide his name, told The Business Monthly he was taking advantage of the service to visit Columbia for the first time in 30 years, just to see how things have changed over time.
I sincerely want to read this passenger’s tell-all acount about how things have changed!
Have a great Tuesday. I stepped outside for a minute and it actually felt a bit like Fall.
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