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She acts, used to dance, and has published a growing list of highly acclaimed Young Adult novels. Meg Tilly is one of those people that have the annoying tendency to excel in whatever art they take hold of. And as a writer whose painted mountainscapes look like something out of Dr Seuss book (and not […]
Read MoreI like pretty colors as much as the next girl, however what I love even more than a perfectly balanced purplish grey are the words paint companies come up with to describe it. Corn silk yellow, ice sculpture blue, buttered yam orange, Queen Anne pink and of course Misty Memories Violet. Leafing through a catalog of paint […]
Read MoreAnything two feet ahead of me no longer exists and the sky is a constant slate of white. The fog has settled on my part of the world and doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon–and I’m starting to think that may not be such a bad thing. In the acknowledgements section of Before I […]
Read MoreEvery once in a while there is a song that fills my chest with sunshine. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s rendition of Over the Rainbow is one of them. There is something about the tender beauty in Israel’s voice that, particularly so contrasted against the tragedy of his early death, always demands I stop and listen and whether I […]
Read MoreMost people either see it as nice way to start the day or an annoying step before work best filled with coffee or Red Bull or both. Then there is Ida Frosk. This Norwegian food enthusiast makes breakfast into an art form in itself, turning everything from oatmeal to boiled eggs into adorable and elegant […]
Read MoreApparently I have always harbored a weakness for really pretty clothes. One of my favorite books as child (after Cinderella for Obvious Reasons), The Queen Who Stole the Sky, is about a woman who cuts down the sky and turns it into a ball gown—her hem shimmering with golden stars and rose colored sunsets as she […]
Read MoreIt may not have been made into a three-part movie, or have its own product line—in fact it is technically no longer in print—however the fact that my mom’s story, Grizzly Pete and the Ghosts was a) published and b) by the same people who brought Robert Munsch to the world, is pretty much good enough for […]
Read MoreAs a former bike commuter, I went through a hell of a lot of inner tubes at one time (I swear someone must sprinkle my street with prickles and really rusty nails on a regular basis). However, not once did I see my wheel innards as anything more than dirty dump destined rubber. But this […]
Read MoreAs much as I love J.R.R. Tolkien’s 30-page long descriptions of a dandelion leaf, there is something to be said about the short and concise. You can do a lot with a little and nowhere is that more obvious than in I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure. Every […]
Read MoreStudded with enough famous faces and sparkly dresses to launch a period drama, the Golden Globe Awards have never felt any more real to me than any other Hollywood production—until last night. “I have wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl and I have worked for a really long time I’ve […]
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