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Daniel writes letters to the Wiggles.

Amy has a sizeable package of papers, drawings, etc., that she's sending off to Australia sometime soon, probably at no small expense...

The best one is one I haven't been able to find recently, but it was delightful. As usual, he wrote it on a gigantic piece of kiddie-easel paper, torn somewhat randomly off the spool, and he dictated it to me.

Each line was a noun or noun-phrase; I don't believe there were any verbs in it, not to mention full sentences. And one of the recurring phrases was "Wiggles" - sometimes "The Wiggles". He also listed individual singers and cast members from the show.

[I think he ended this long list, which began with "Dear Wiggles,' with "Love, Daniel"; classical format with a modern twist in the body of the letter.]

I was rather surprised at how monothematic the communique was, until Daniel explained: because it was a letter to the Wiggles, he didn't want to mention anything that didn't pertain directly to the Wiggles.

(August/September 2010)