It started with a rainy day. I wanted to get the kids off the sofa and stop watching TV.

So I searched rainy day activities on Tik-Tock.

There were loads of hacks on there, but the kids really liked making a bird feeder.

It's amazing what you can do with a milk carton and a handful of seeds.

We hung it outside the window and the birds loved it almost as much as the kids.

Who knew a bird box could be this entertaining?

It starts on Tik-Tok.

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Ready to spark something? Download The Sims 4 and play for free. Hello kids this is risk the show where people tell true stories they never thought

they dare to share I'm Kevin Allison and every Thursday we release

these special episodes that we're calling Classic Risk Singles. Each of these

episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

Now if you're new to risk you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week a story by the amazing Jamie Brunson who works with the

storytelling organization called First Person Arts in Philadelphia. This one

first appeared on the show in November of 2012 and it's called

My Mother Dun told me.

Hey y'all, y'all, y'all feeling good tonight. All right. Okay, so like Kevin said, my name is Jamie and my mom was this cross between a black Marilyn Monroe and Angela Davis. So if you can imagine this drop dead gorgeous voluptuous light

skinned African American woman with fire red hair in the front row of a Malcolm X rally.

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