Unfinished Conversations

This weekend
we had interesting conversations
with two-year-olds
and thirty-two-year olds
and seventy-two-year-olds,
with local friends
as well as friends visiting
from faraway places like Kenya
and Tanzania
and Indonesia,
conversations about Kenya's tribal hierarchy
and sparkler safety
and beets
and how the blunt people from the Netherlands
can't understand why the USA media
doesn't question the actions of our government,
how the center of a wheel of cheese
is called "the virgin's nose"
and how tongues
turn different colors
depending on what color of popsicle you eat,
and is it better
to have a hot shower in cold air
or a cold shower in warm air?

...but our friends departed
before we finished the conversations.
Why "the virgin's nose?"
What have you learned from failures in your life?
What is your favorite popsicle flavor?
Are there any English tripthongs?
Or is it triphthongs?
Or are both spellings acceptable?
Are band-aids an essential part of childhood?
Why do some words end in -ent
and others in -ant?
What life-changing things
did you learn in college
that were not curricular?
How many of Dr. McCallum's psych principles can you list?

Anyone want to pick up these conversations?
Come out for a popsicle.

Evidence of a blue popsicle

Sparkler fun with Abigail and Anna

P.S. Kyle! Come back!