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Ear­lier this evening a Mis­ter Rogers Neigh­bor­hood — Behind the Scenes pro­gram was on TV. At first, it didn’t really appeal to me. This due in part to me being occu­pied (occu­pado) with the com­puter. Then, as soon as I heard the sooth­ing voice of Fred Rogers I was attentive.

I watched Mis­ter Rogers Neigh­bor­hood in the mid-80s and was fas­ci­nated with the con­cept of the show. To split the younger view­ers atten­tion towards a real­is­tic and a make-believe world full of cur­rent events and themes chil­dren face in every­day life. Often, Fred would invite celebri­ties, musi­cians and make trips to a vari­ety of inter­est­ing places and professions.

Most notable was his trip to a crayon man­u­fac­tur­ing fac­tory. Fred inter­viewed the worker at the fac­tory in regards to the process of mak­ing crayons. More specif­i­cally a wax-based sub­stance that is injected into paper.

Mr. Rogers was truly one of a kind. While I real­ize he passed away a few days back and this entry is belated at best, it’s noted that the impor­tance of this is to honor this geni­une per­son with a heart of gold. These kinds of unselfish indi­vid­u­als are hard to come by these days. Espe­cially ones with mes­sages of love, hope and strength.

1928 — 2003 — In Trib­ute to Mr. Fred Rogers
A neigh­bor in all of all hearts.

View a spe­cial Flash trib­ute to Mr. Rogers