Tag Archives: children

Water Fight!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by russtowne

(A revised re-post for newer readers to this site.) Some of my favorite moments in life have occurred on a whim. For example: Water fights between my Beloved and me. In the bathroom. They would often start innocently enough such … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Marriage, True Stories I've Written | Tagged bathroom, beloved, children, door, fight, fun, kids, laughter, mature, Mother, shower, sink, spontaniety, truce, water, water fight, water-clogged, wife | 20 Comments

I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Creativity, Education, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Potential, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged children, computer, computers, create, creativity, education, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, experi ment, kids, learning, MIT, MIT Technology, MIT Technology Review's EmTech conference, Motorola, Nicholas Negroponte, OLCPs, tablet, tablets, Zoom | 3 Comments

Courage Comes In All Sizes

Posted on October 31, 2012 by russtowne

This is a true story. Because it happened about 20 years ago it is likely that some of the “facts” that I seem to recall have likely been blurred by the mists of time. Any inaccuracies are unintentional. I came … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Courage, Family "Fun", Parenting, True Stories I've Written, Uncategorized | Tagged accident, armore car, children, courage, dinner, gasoline pouring onto streen, guard, gund, reward, roses, sizes, young mother | 29 Comments

An Amazing Homecoming for a Soldier And His Family

Posted on October 9, 2012 by russtowne

An Amazing Homecoming For A Soldier And His Family”>All soldiers’ homecomings to a loving family are special, but this one is AMAZING! http://tinyurl.com/8oykrne Russ

Posted in Family "Fun" | Tagged amazing, children, Family, football game, homecoming, husband, Love, service, soldier, surprise, wife | 3 Comments

You Are A Star

Posted on September 23, 2012 by russtowne

I mentioned yesterday that I planned to find a few young children who have life-threatening long-term illnesses and are bed-ridden or hospitalized for extended periods and create (hopefully) uplifting and inspiring personalized songs for them that they and their parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Making the World a Better Place, Songwriting Adventure | Tagged bedridden, children, hospital, hospitalized, ill, illness, inspiring, kids, music, parents, sick, sickness, song, uplifting, You Are A Star | 19 Comments

Winnie The Pooh Is Calling For You!

Posted on September 22, 2012 by russtowne

I just read a Good Tribe Facebook post that they appear to have found at youjustlearned.com that brought a smile to my face. It said that Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, calls sick children who are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Healing, Illness, Parenting | Tagged children, Feel Good Tribe, hospital, ill, Jim Cummings, kids, parents, personalized song, phone call, sick, Winnie the Pooh, YouJustLearned.com | 7 Comments

A Lot Can Be Lost In Transition

Posted on September 18, 2012 by russtowne

“Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.” –Walt Disney I love Walt Disney, and like this saying. But I also believe that for most adults, a lot can be lost when going from being a kid to being an adult. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Grandparenting & Grandkids, LIfe Lessons | Tagged adults, children, grandchild, Grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grown up, grown ups, Walt Disney | 14 Comments

Great Ideas!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by russtowne

I love to discover ways that people creatively make life better for themselves and others. Here are two that I just learned about: Accessible Playgrounds I just saw a wonderful photo that shows two children in wheelchairs happily playing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Making the World a Better Place | Tagged accessible, accessible playgrouns, California, children, drivers, drivers' licenses, great idea, landscape, playground, portrait, swing, swing sets, underage licenses, well done, wheel chair | 2 Comments

The Great Blindini

Posted on July 19, 2012 by russtowne

I have a friend named Brent who is blind. He is also a magician. He calls himself The Great Blindini. Here are some snippets from a recent newspaper article about him: Magicians often don a blindfold at some point during … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Choices, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Growth/Learning, Healing, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged amazing, blind, blindness, Brent Gifford, children, courage, entertaining, fear, Friend, great, Hawaii, libraries, magic, magician, The Great Blindini | 25 Comments

Treasure Hunt!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by russtowne

I collect coins that are in my pockets at the end of each day, and eventually count and roll them. When our children were fairly young, I’d keep the pennies in a big brass antique-looking container that looked like a … Continue reading →