Alive

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Stand up Tragederian learns comedy

With the neon light arrows for each chapter, the book is really show. The illustrations along with the lists and Louie's versions of dictionaries of words made up by him are funny and can be used as a template by young readers to make their own lists and words.
Louie's family and friends falling in and out of support eventually make his dream of performing from in the closet to in front of a public come true.

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Tommy greenwald

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Make like a tree and leave

A colleague said '... does not make?'. I said shakespeare? He then said few sentences in Shakespeare language with forsooth and yonder and then I realised, you know a language when you can speak in it.

In the end he said 'make like a tree and leave'.

Puffed rice diet

On a diet have you ever felt like an orphan? I am in between diets now and looks like I've taken refuge of puffed rice diet.

Join the wheelbarrow

Organic gardener

Author Jeanne Nolan has transformed from an inaccessible person on a communal farm to a person who makes the organic dream accessible for the common people. Her story of extremes is healing without unsettling the reader. She keeps the reader at a remove, protecting them from the dark times she faced in life but teaches us all about the nourishing farming. Her journey is also an example of sustainable business.
You can grow vegetables in compost
The link between ADHD and non-organic food.
List of helpful resources to maintain an organic garden.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Feel the texture of Curly's friends

Curlys get to meet his friends and tell them by the texture of their skin.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Her articles

A frozen time in crystal cube

When the author writes, her mom was accepted only by ASU. I felt like I was reading my story. Having been in Tempe and close to Apache Blvd, I was instantly hooked to the book. Even though I am a bee for food, this book had stronger currents of family relations. There are many dishes and recipes but none stick in your mind. More than food, its about the tug of war with desire - for food - food you cant have, food that makes you fat or thin. The desire extends to love, happiness.
I havent read the author's fiction, but the non-fiction does show her as a child feeling her independent self in her 40s. The author recreates all the places she's lived in and the places that left an effect on her. You can imagine the 3 week vacation on an island with the breezeway. It must have something to do with her fiction skills.
In a very Anna Quindlen `Lots of Candles, plenty of cake', Christensen's memoir is written from that place of warmth physically and emotionally, where one is content with life thus far.