Uh-Oh

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"<i>Uh-oh</i> is not in any dictionary or thesaurus, and is seldom seen in written form. Yet most of us utter that sound every day. And have used it all our lives...<i>Uh-oh</i> is way up near the top of a list of small syllables with large meanings... <i>Uh-oh</i>...is a frame of mind. A philosophy. It says to expect the unexpected., and also expect to be able to deal with it as it happens most of the time. <i>Uh-oh</i> people seem not only to expect surprise, but they count on it, as if surprise were a dimension of vitality." These words from the opening of <i>Uh-oh</i> describe a special vitality that, in fact, infuses the writings of Robert Fulghum with the incomparable <i>joie de vivre</i> and sense of wonder that have made his books, <i>All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten</i> and <i>It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It</i>, modern classic, translated into twenty-five languages. In this third volume, Fulghum explores a variety of subjects from both sides of the refrigerator door—from meatloaf to the Salvation Army Band, from fireflies to funerals, from hiccups to a watch without hands. One again, Fulghum celebrates everyday life in all its richness, subtly weaving a theme of balance throughout, balance between the mundane and the holy, between humor and grief, and between what is and what might be.