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Help me out, fellow Bibliophiles! I read a delightful rhyming book to my kids about a British man who takes a vacation to the beach he keeps losing things along the way. One of the lines is, "Oh, well, what's done is done. I think I'll picnic in the sun." Part of the charm of this book is finding the places where these items were forgotten. For example, the umbrella was left on the bus and we see it in the window as the bus pulls away. CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THAT WONDERFUL BOOK?

Merkel's Legacy as Russian Invasion Lays Up to the final hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, former chancellor Angela Merkel had been touted as the person favored by Germans to try to talk President Vladimir Putin out of the conflict. But as Russian bombs fell on Ukrainian cities, a shadow has fallen on Merkel's 16 years in office, with some observers now questioning if her detente policies with Putin had in fact left Germany, and Europe, vulnerable. Once hailed as the leader of the free world, the veteran center-right leader has been accused by some of increasing Europe's...

I'm a Democrat and I'm for gaysI sleep all night and I scream all dayI hug big trees, I eat wild nuts I protest the RNCOn Wednesdays I go marching and protest the Anti GreensI hug big trees, I scream and rantI like to blame Bush followersI accept the Muslim clothingand help forget the towersI hug big trees, I carry signssupporter of IslamI wish I'd been a MuslimJust like dear O'bama.

Shango has not danced with the lions, nor Arawaks,and does not keep their company Eyes of god may look from afar with great acuity. The resolution to find Mary lies with the Arawak Nation Dirty Hand has bound the Arawak Nation with Babylonian Rope The Lamb and the two Shivas whisper in the dark, while the lions pace silently in the bush. Dirty Hand is the link! The lamb, the shivas, the elder whispering, exiting like theives in the night, clothed with invisible armor If Dirty Hand falls, so does Babylon, but too, the Arawak Nation shall suffer. Threadsurfers listen!...

LONDON — Has anyone ever actually seen a rainbow-colored sheep? That's surely what a few British toddlers are asking. Teachers at nursery schools in Oxfordshire, England, have asked children to change the words of the song "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" to "Baa, baa, rainbow sheep" in what some say is an attempt to avoid offending anyone.