We’re nearing my favorite time of year: fall/back-to-school. It’s generally the best weather, and who doesn’t love fall clothing? Except when you wear your back-to-school outfit on the first day of school and nearly die from heat stroke. (ah, but the photo looked so good ….) Second to fall clothing is school supplies. Something about […]
Bottle reduction is going swimmingly! I’ve got hair care under control (only one shampoo right now!) and am working my way toward streamlined skin care. (Must ignore new products launching for fall ….. Must ignore new products launching for fall …..) Given my success, over the weekend I added paper reduction to the list. This […]
Ooops! I’m late with the Friday Five today. Here are five blogs that are new to me – I’ve added them to my rotation. 1. Decor8 Design news out of Boston – updated daily with lots of content! 2. Cupcakes Take the Cake News and photos of cupcakes, obviously. 3. Eva Nouveau Got […]
While my magazine reading is very consistent (just keeping up with the New Yorker is a challenge!), my book reading comes in waves. In between waves, I’m listening to “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, read by David Sedaris (the author, in case you aren’t familiar with his work, and you should be). It was lent to me […]
Today’s NYTimes Arts section has a nice article on drawing, by Michael Kimmelman. It refers to the exhibit “Teaching America to Draw” at the Grolier Club in Manhattan. (Love the dog sketches featured in the article.) What is amazing to me is that drawing was an art expected to be developed back-in-the-day – even children […]
