May 6, 2011 National Bubble Day
"When Life Gives you Soap, Make Bubbles." The Bubble Fairy Several years ago, as editor of her school's yearbook, my daughter, Weneki , spent a week away from home studying the ins and outs of great yearbook making. I'm sure she learned a lot of things that served her well that year. The thing I remember most, however, is the advice she came home with. Blow bubbles, they told her, when deadlines roll around and the work isn't done, or the stress of Calculus's finals coincides with copy editing. There is something so very soothing about blowing iridescent bubbles from a 4 inch plastic stick. I wonder if it's the bubbles themselves or the place and time they magically transport bone weary adults to. That place of childhood where cares float away on bubbly air and where, with sticky, soapy fingers the world's only challenge is catching a freshly made bubble without it popping. Perhaps I don't do it as often as I should, but bubble blowing is still ...