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Jane Goodall
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here.
This week’s Dodo Pad diary and Acad-Pad feature the birthday of primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, who was born April 3, 1934. Happy Birthday Dr. Goodall!
Dr. Jane Goodall is a truly remarkable woman and an amazingly accomplished scientist. Her work with chimpanzees not only revolutionised the way we view these great apes, but also made us question the very definition of what it means to be human.
At age 23, with no scientific background and no university degree, young Jane was given the assignment by her employer and mentor anthropologist Louis Leakey to observe chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania. During her many years of direct observation of chimpanzees in the wild, Jane discovered behaviour never before seen in chimps such as tool use, meat eating and social hierarchy displays. How extraordinary!
Jane earned her Ph.D. in Ethology at Cambridge University in 1965, one of only 8 students the university ever admitted to the Ph.D. programme without previously having earned an undergraduate degree. She has written books, made television documentaries and films, and received numerous awards for her outstanding work.
Today Dr. Goodall continues her wonderful work with the Jane Goodall Institute, which works in Africa in chimpanzee research and conservation, and in community-based conservation and development to improve the lives of people in environmentally-conscious ways.
So let us all wish Dr. Goodall a very happy birthday, and many more years of excellent work!
Meanwhile here at Dodo Towers, we are all dreadfully excited! Our new Acad-Pads for the 2010/ 2011 academic year will be available very soon and we have all been busy bees getting them ready for your enjoyment. Stay tuned to Miss Peabody Writes for more information which will be forthcoming very, very soon!
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
Actress Louise Brooks dressed in Flapper attire (1927)
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here.
Those of you who are using your Dodo Pad and/ or Acad-Pad diary will notice on this week’s page the anniversary of the opening of the first birth control clinic in London, in 1921. I can only imagine how scandalous that must have been (for some) at the time! The 20′s were indeed a time of change. Despite my (somewhat) advanced age, I was actually not a part of the Roaring 20′s (although sometimes I wonder if I may have been a Flapper in a previous life!). I can just imagine the city of Chicago during the 1920′s. Gangsters like Al Capone dodging the Feds, people visiting speakeasies to drink bathtub gin and dance the Charleston. It must have been an absolutely spiffingly exhilarating time!
This Wednesday I hope you have a very happy St. Patrick’s Day! And, enjoy the vernal equinox this weekend. It will bring us twelve hours of daylight and twelve of night, and from then until the autumnal equinox in September, those of us in the northern hemisphere will enjoy more daylight hours than darkness! How I love the light lingering long into the evening.
Don’t forget, you still have until the end of the month to get 20% off the Dodo Household Stuff book! See the Spring Cleaning post for details.
And you still have time to submit your doodle to benefit two very important charities in the UK, and possibly win a prize for yourself! See the National Doodle Day post for details.
How will you be celebrating St. Paddie’s Day this week? And, do you celebrate or otherwise recognize the Equinox? Do post a comment and tell me all about it!
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
now 20% off!
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here!
As the vernal equinox rapidly approaches and the days become noticeably longer, my thoughts turn to spring and the soon-to-be warmer weather. It’s time for Spring Cleaning here at Dodo Towers! Time to brush away the cobwebs and air out the interior. Time too to dust off my Household Stuff Book and get organised!
The Household Stuff Book is absolutely indodispensible for any household. In fact, I don’t quite know how anyone can do without one in their domicile! The book is stuffed to the gills with sanity-saving sections for everything a person and/or family needs to keep a household humming along.
The Household Stuff Book has sections for just about every household need imaginable. It houses a wealth of information such as important numbers (phone and otherwise), and bills (paid and otherwise). There is a section to help you keep up on the weekly activities of the whole family so you never forget which day is Daisy’s dance class and which is Sam’s swimming lessons. There’s also a section for annual reminders so those insurance renewals don’t creep up and surprise you any more.
There’s a place to record all those home details such as what colour paint you used on the bathroom walls as opposed to the sitting room (now which was Eggshell and which was Ecru?), measurements to fit window dressings, and household inventories. And there are plenty of pockets for bills, receipts, appliance warranties and the like for safe keeping and easy reference.
There are also sections to plan and record all of those wonderful events that make a house a home: holidays, birthdays, Christmas preparations and more. Plan those parties and compile those card lists in plenty of time to be enjoyed by all!
The Household Stuff Book houses all your stuff in one easy to access location, so there’s no more forgetting where you put that paint sample, stowed that card, or jotted that number. It brings domestic bliss!
And now until March 31st, you can get 20% off the Dodo Household Stuff Book! Just enter code 09ES at checkout.
So don’t delay, get your household in order and you’ll be on your way to a happy spring!
What sort of springtime preparations are you up to these days? Do post a comment and tell us all about it!
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
