According to today’s NYTimes, next month Sony TV is going to introduce the Minisode Network online that will run an entire episode of a Sony classic show (like TJ Hooker or Charlie’s Angels) in 6 minutes or less.
“So in ‘Charlie Angels,’ they have a meeting, Charlie’s on the intercom telling them what the assignment...
Cookie Magazine mentioned this family’s blog in this month’s editor’s note. http://www.princeliamthebrave.blogspot.com/ This little boy is close to my daughter’s age and I believe they would be fast friends. They share a keen interest in cheese puffs, Curious George (who they both refer to as “George Monkey”) and firefighters. This...
Remember in Fools Rush In when Selma Hayek’s character goes to her great grandmom’s house in Mexico? Her Grand is this beautiful, Georgia O’Keefe, Eudora Welty type of gal and you just want to go to her house and quilt or make something fabulous to eat with tamales. I love that movie.Or there’s...
We get the magazine www.wondertime.com (thanks shishie!) which prints beautiful pages with suggestions of small, magical things about the world to share with your children. One article talked about how to make an adventure out of airline travel for your toddler. Another article shared one mom’s experience of lining up all of her kids’...
Storycorp (www.storycorps.net) travels the country collecting stories to be archived at the Library of Congress.People sit down in a silver trailor in front of a microphone, put on headphones and tell a story from their lives. How brave. NPR plays one of their stories every Friday morning. It’s so great, but I often miss the...
This time of year, I start thinking about something like this:
When, in actuality, I should be thinking more along these lines:That’s right.
Real Simple Magazine has issued a special travel edition on news stands now.
I checked out a lot of the links mentioned and of them, this one seems most helpful: http://www.travelwithyourkids.com/
Some of the, “fool proof”...
When A started her new school, they sent a list of what we had to bring each week. It was so endearing to me that they had this list of very practical things and at the top of that list was “Lovey” or “Comfort Object.” I was so relieved to see that Bear would be...
After seeing various interviews and the documentary, To Iraq & Back, featuring Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee, I was fascinated by Lee’s perspective.
(BTW: The New York Times gave a glowing review of their book, In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing by Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff. It’s still No....
In my house, I find notes on the back of receipts and magazine subscription offer cards, but there’s still as special place on my desk for correspondence. I am a sucker for good stationary. www.tinyprints.com has been my go-to for my daughter. But here’s a new discovery for the taller people in the house.
I am...
Persephone Books of Londonhttp://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/pages/complete_book_list.htm
Wow! On the outside, these editions look like sleek, organized notebooks. On the inside, they are lined with fabrics designed by women to refelct the date and mood of the book. The bookseller prints what they refer to as, “mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women. The...
