Tag: Shelley Fraser Mickle
Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
Today, Shelley Fraser Mickle has some fresh ideas about spilt milk.
Cornflakes
Who would guess that there’s a story in cornflakes? Shelley Fraser Mickle has one for us today on this toasted American institution.
Laughter
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Laughter.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 2/7/2001 Laughter Transcript This is Love May Make The World Go Round, But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week. So it’s a good idea to arm yourself with a few jokes when you go out into the world today, because it’s no […]
Talk to Your Cat Day
Today, Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering an intriguing conversation - with a cat.
Reach Your Potential Month
Reaching potentials: Shelley Fraser Mickle has some thoughts on that for us today.
Soup Month
It's National Soup Month, and guess what Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering today.
The Best Present
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Best-Present.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/25/2000 christmas gifts on white background The Best Present Transcript In 1958, I was an awkward fourteen-year old whose cat had just been run over. I’d found that cat when I was eight years old, and it had been the cat of my […]
Believe It or Not
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ripleys-Believe-It-or-Not.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/13/2000 Believe It or Not Transcript Believe it or not, here’s Shelley Fraser Mickle with a remembering about Robert Ripley: In 1913, Robert Ripley was hired as a cartoonist for the New York Globe. Five years later, he was worrying about coming up […]
Scotch Tape
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scotch-Tape.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/7/2000 Scotch Tape Transcript In 1928, a painter at an auto plant was working on a two-tone paint job when he was given some masking tape with the adhesive left off of the center to save money. He put it on the car […]
Random Acts of Kindness
Today, Shelley Fraser Mickle recalls a memorable trip to the circus.