John Norton
johncnorton.bsky.social
John Norton
@johncnorton.bsky.social
Education writer and editor. Former investigative reporter. Blue Southerner. Love dogs and cats. Read science fiction, crime and mystery, history and science. Father of Laurah, a podcaster and author of Lay Them to Rest.
Speaking of sourcing... this from Google AI:
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A Chuck Lorre vanity card (637-Young Sheldon), originally posted 12/12/19. Tinted for easier reading. Prescient?
October 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
FUN WITH AI: Let's play "Whose arm is it?"

What's fun is that this stock image service wants $10 for this one!
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Grocery store parking lot in rural western NC. 6/8/25.
June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It was heartening to see this crowd chanting “This is what Democracy looks like” on the statehouse grounds of my home state capital – Columbia SC – yesterday. I predict that before too many weeks the crowd will extend all the way down Main to Bull Street. 🙂✊ #resist #resistance #bc25
February 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Twice a year the 5th/6th grades would be crowded on to the auditorium stage, curtain closed, lights out, & we'd watch the school's 1935 version of David Copperfield on a 16mm projector. I saw it four times. I think the message was "be glad you're not an orphan." At least for those of us who weren't.
February 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Do you love books & reading? I've been subscribing to Bookmarks magazine for 20 years and Iove to see it in my mail every other month. There's nothing else like it!

Check it out here: www.bookmarksmagazine.com

The latest issue includes a "middle grade spotlight." A book junkie's dream. :-) #books
December 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM