Fred McFeely Rogers was a staple in multiple children’s lives in two countries. In A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers we have 75 songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children’s Corner. Luke Flowers and his illustrations bring to life the characters from our childhood, our children’s childhood and perhaps even our grandchildren’s childhood. Rogers was a man who loved children, spoke up before it was “cool” to stand up what was right, and he even testified before congress to […]
I miss Mister Rogers. And we need his kind of love so desperately.
I was a PBS kid growing up, because my mom was not a fan of violent cartoons. Therefore, my childhood was peppered with Arthur, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, (later, my favorite) Wishbone, and, of course, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I remember being a tot in the late 1980s singing along to “Won’t you be my neighbor?” As I told my friend F, I have been disappointed by every single adult in my life at least once (which is […]
Or, “My Personal Opinions on Death and Friendship”
I was raised as a conservative Christian. My boyfriend has been an atheist his entire life. There are other reasons that our childhoods seem totally alien to each other, mostly because he grew up having outdoor adventures in Alaska and I grew up watching movies in New Mexico. He is the person you want on your team for a zombie apocalypse. I am the person you want on your team for Trivial Pursuit. The religion difference is significant. I believed, up until only several years […]