Planet Word Museum

This morning Dr Helen Blake, Bob McKinney, and I went with our family members to visit the Planet Word Museum https://planetwordmuseum.org/. What an amazing place for people who love words. Three floors of extremely creative and interactive exhibits that feature words. Even the lockers and bathrooms featured words in many languages. We could have stayed all day.

International Phonetic Alphabet for the numbers of the lockers - written in world languages

Shelley Velleman (US), Eddie Wong (Hong Kong) Helen Blake (CSU), Sharynne  McLeod (CSU), Bob McKinney (US)

 

Enjoying Spring and the Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst

It is always fun to host visitors in Bathurst. This weekend some of the things we did to introduce Prof Lynn Williams, Camilla Porsanger and their families to Bathurst included enjoying the spring blossoms and visiting the Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst https://museumsbathurst.com.au/afmm/

Chatting with the Deputy Mayor and CSU Councillor Ben Fry

Beautiful Seattle - home of the Coast Salish people, innovation, and fun

I have enjoyed exploring Seattle while getting over jetlag with Holly McAlister, my PhD student and my husband. I have enjoyed and learning more about the traditions of the Coast Salish people - particularly at the Seattle Children's Museum. Seattle has gorgeous scenery and is also the home of many innovative companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, and Alaska Airlines.

The Fish! Philosophy (https://fishphilosophy.com/what-is-fish/) is also from the Pike Place Fish Market Seattle. The central four ideas are:

• play
• be there
• make their day
• choose your attitude

Note the shadow of the Space Needle -
looking towards the University of Washington

Visiting the Seattle Children's Museum

I continue to get ideas for the Children's Voices Centre and The Treehouse as I travel to different parts of the world. This week I got a lot of ideas from the excellent Seattle Children's Museum (https://seattlechildrensmuseum.org/) as an "unaccompanied adult". I enjoyed sock skating, making a melting snowman, and learning about the Coast Salish people and nature of the Pacific North West.