Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
And economics can get down and dirty, too….
The Old Wolf
said, 3 months ago
And cashew apples are prized for their juice, but are so fragile that they cannot be transported. I’d love to try them someday.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago
With the freezes in Pecan country last year, they were so expensive that people were stealing htem from the orchards that hadn’t frosted out. Money on trees…
margueritem
said, 3 months ago
You get just the one cashew attached to the fruit. They’re not half as plentiful as peanuts or pecans.
masterskrain said, 3 months ago
Cashew?
Gesundheit!
Pacopuddy said, 3 months ago
What is that on top of the cashew nut?
RanaRavens said, 3 months ago
@Pacopuddy
It’s the cashew’s fruit. Cashews are quite weird: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2007/cashews-the-nut-you-cant-buy-in-a-shell/
Alexikakos said, 3 months ago
@RanaRavens
Interesting article. I wonder how cashews came to be eaten at all given that they’re surrounded by a rash giving liquid. Human’s are nothing if not persistent, I guess.
ne7minder55 said, 3 months ago
@Alexikakos
hunger will make people do some strange things!
tsandl said, 3 months ago
@The Old Wolf
They are delicious. I visited a cashew plantation once, and got a taste. The ones we had weren’t even fully ripe, but the juice was already as sweet as pineapple. Incidentally, the flavor compliments pineapple. I bought an obscene quantity of pineapple/cashew jam from the villagers so I could enjoy the flavor again.
gir63 said, 3 months ago
I think I’m one of few that doesn’t care much for cashews.
buddhahardee said, 3 months ago
Peanuts are not nuts,they are a legume.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@annieb1012
Or flat out ignored like the current administration does.
Vince M said, 3 months ago
@gir63
You’re part of the few who eschew cashews, then?
Shirl Summ
said, 3 months ago
@Pacopuddy
The blossom that it grows from.