The Fallen Star: The Nocturnals Book 3 by Tracy Hecht is a different approach to teaching kids about friends. usual characters are relatable to the children. Tracy Hecht introduces new characters to them, new language French showing the whole wide world outside. And did I say already that this is in a forest. What is more mystical than a forest? All the good makings for a great story. Thats not to say that the book is inscrutable. It is readable for a 7 year old albeit with a little effort, but it opens them to the new world where you look up words and things and learn about the ways of new animals. All this in the friendship frame. The book will increase kids vocabulary as well as curiosity and a penchant for learning.
Net Galley Challenge
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
New Animals. New language
The Fallen Star: The Nocturnals Book 3 by Tracy Hecht is a different approach to teaching kids about friends. usual characters are relatable to the children. Tracy Hecht introduces new characters to them, new language French showing the whole wide world outside. And did I say already that this is in a forest. What is more mystical than a forest? All the good makings for a great story. Thats not to say that the book is inscrutable. It is readable for a 7 year old albeit with a little effort, but it opens them to the new world where you look up words and things and learn about the ways of new animals. All this in the friendship frame. The book will increase kids vocabulary as well as curiosity and a penchant for learning.
Tree Boa, Gold Poachers and Pepper Tree
In Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart: Book 2: The Adventure in the Amazon: Brazil (The Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart Series), Jack and Max relax to their room to do Homework. But that is not all that meets the eye. They are GPF Agents with code names. They are called on a mission to find another missing agent and that too in the Brazilian jungles. Who knows what animals call that forest home and the mysterious trees?
With latest hi-tech gadgets helping them, our little courageous agents meet great troubles. How do they tackle the grave situations? What do they find in the jungle? Who doesnt want to go on this mysterious adventure?
The illustrations jibe with the text. The book manages to be fast paced within few pages. Action packed, Globe trotting.
A Master key maker which can fit into any lock. Hand print locked backpack.
Coffee Cornucopia
According to dictionary.com Cornucopia is
Infant Jupiter was nursed by Goat Amalthea.
Amalthea is also an irregular shaped moon of Jupiter.
Akshaya Patra too is a never ending cornucopia.
Out of those goat horns, for the modern day coffee lovers, you can have a coffee mug. It was made by Goat story who were inspired by the myth that goat discovered coffee.
Infant Jupiter was nursed by Goat Amalthea.
Amalthea is also an irregular shaped moon of Jupiter.
Akshaya Patra too is a never ending cornucopia.
Out of those goat horns, for the modern day coffee lovers, you can have a coffee mug. It was made by Goat story who were inspired by the myth that goat discovered coffee.
Anatomy of a Goat
There are very few chances that you will read Guide to Regional Ruminant Anatomy Based on The Dissection of The Goat but if you had the anatomy more readily available, you would eat, drink, sleep goat.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Diabetic shoes
In BioMechanics for Dummies, Steve McCaw explains how special shoes for diabetic patients. They eliminate high pressure areas that risk infection.
Mismatched Shoes
Mismatched shoes are a trend this year according to Marie Claire.. The yin and yang, the summer fire and the cool ice to beat it are a great combination for this season.
When it comes to design, summer is a perfect time for some soothing green as well as bright pink of
the watermelon to grace your feet. Two colors shoes is great for contrast as well as wholeness.
Now I am thinking, couldnt you shape tiny watermelon shells into shoes like the big ones scooped out to look like a basket.
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Dress Design
A light pink jumper
with a pattern of
2 pink and a light blue
roses and small leaves together
intermittent smaller leaf pattern
The pattern was so becoming
it turned the whole fabric
into that pattern
breaking the monotony
and minimizing it
Is it easy for our brain to look
at little things?
Is that why we have designs?
with a pattern of
2 pink and a light blue
roses and small leaves together
intermittent smaller leaf pattern
The pattern was so becoming
it turned the whole fabric
into that pattern
breaking the monotony
and minimizing it
Is it easy for our brain to look
at little things?
Is that why we have designs?
Monday, May 29, 2017
LE BLANC Serum Healthy Light Creator
Le Blanc Serum is Formulated with precious ume flower extract, exclusive TXC™ technology and fine pearl protein.
Ume is regarded as the most graceful flower by Japanese.
TXC was introduced in 2011 after 9 years of research by Chanel. It is said to regulate melanin production from start to finish."Existing dark spots are reduced and the formation of new ones is reduced"
Fine Pearl protein is from Akoya pearls grown specially for Chanel. According to Milad Darejeh, Akpya pearls were the first to be cultured in 20th century in Japan.
Le Blanc Serum is the Spring and Sea rolled into one for a Healthy light.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age
Innovation is easily the buzzword for companies. If they dont know it, then they are out of business.
We know many interesting stories of how things were invented by accident. Greg Satell in 'Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age' shows how innovation takes a village and more and dispels the myth of lone genius accomplishing it all. He traverses the path penicillin took to discovery from labs to the pharma industry. The author provides the reader, a foundation and conditions that were necessary for the famous inventions. From this he draws what can be used for current situation.
The provided framework is a Matrix of 'Problem Definition' Vs 'Domain Definition' which shows you clearly where your company fits and the kind of innovation it should be targeting. Depending on the kind of innovation you need disruptive, sustaining, breakthrough - there are various options of achieving them. Just this matrix should reveal if your approach to innovation is right for your company and the industry you belong to.
I loved the example of Experian and their Innovation Matrix which explains how Eric Haller made problem solving for customers, rocket into consulting business which feedsback into Experian's capabilities and growth.
With examples like Afisha, Experian and Children's Health, Gregg illuminates how companies can modify their business models to inject organic growth.
Its back to the basics with Business Model Canvas by Osterwalder and Michael Porter's Five Forces Analysis
Three Horizons of Innovation with 70/20/10 lets you have all kinds of innovation instead of having to chose one by allotting time and resources for each. if you are familiar with Googles 20% for your pet project, then you get the drift.
P&G innovation matrix is a surprise with 'open innovation'. IBM and Microsoft examples show the advantages of courting 'open'.
With this orientation, you are well on your way to figure what works for innovation at your company.
Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power
Time, Talent, Energy by Michael C. Mankins; Eric Garton is an inspiring as well as informative read.
It starts with the idea that in today's funding rich world, an organisation needs to take a good look at how its time is spent and how to gain it back from the bottomless meetings that drain it. How to rely on A player teams when it comes to business critical projects that will pave way for you organisation's jump to the next level. How engagement is very important, so your employees bring their best self to the organization and feel empowered.
I found the talent chapter most inspiring with how a new model of Boeing was done within 5 years, how an A team in the race car world can slash the pit time down to half.
there's a reference to another book Founder's Mentality - which I liked and the usual formula of supporting your arguments with studies, graphs and good visual aids of what are good leadership traits.
Ten Tears and One Embrace
The illustrations are whimsical. Looking at different kinds of tears makes the reader hyper aware of different situations when we have tears in our eyes. The book makes you cognizant of the differences in the different situations you cry.
Its like Eskimos having more than 20 words for snow because each is different.
The font of the text too is artistic. The color palette of pastels went very well with the theme.
The lens of kids finding this out in the laboratory encourages kids to list out all things related to a theme that they are interested in.
The language and thought is very poetic. tears being shiny that they can be put to many uses, keeping the bottle of tears open so they can join the clouds are all simple yet profound.
Las ilustraciones son caprichosas. Mirando diferentes tipos de lágrimas hace que el lector hiper consciente de diferentes situaciones cuando tenemos lágrimas en nuestros ojos. El libro te hace consciente de las diferencias en las diferentes situaciones que llores.
Es como esquimales tener más de 20 palabras para la nieve porque cada uno es diferente.
La fuente del texto también es artística. La paleta de colores de pasteles fue muy bien con el tema.
La lente de los niños que encuentran esto en el laboratorio anima a los niños a enumerar todas las cosas relacionadas con un tema que les interesa.
El lenguaje y el pensamiento son muy poéticos. Las lágrimas son brillantes que se pueden poner a muchos usos, manteniendo la botella de lágrimas abiertas para que puedan unirse a las nubes son todo simple pero profundo.
Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms
When I picked this book, I didnt know much about Chanel, but I was curious about how one gets to be a CEO of Chanel. Maureen Chiquet's 'Beyond the label' echoes each time she made a bold move for the better.
I like how Chiquet shared lessons learned at each place - L'Oreal, Gap, Old Navy and finally Chanel and the things she pioneered there - Palazzo pants. The author shows how no job is too small to learn lessons and understand the business. Against convention, a career advice goes not to harp on titles but what the role entails. This chimes with the author's upending the label and its expectations ethos. She also stresses on the importance of listening skills in becoming a better leader.
I found it interesting that passionate salespeople on the floor can know a lot about the fabrics they sell.
A great read for those who love arts and design and the impact it can have.
1/17/2022
Having finished MBA, after reading this book, it comes full circle with Leadership through hard conversations.
L'Oreal Paris Skin Care Pure Clay Clear & Comfort Mask
After reading that Maureen Chiquet, ex-CEO of Chanel, worked at L'Oreal, I was curious about trying a L'Oreal product.
L'Oreal Paris Skin Care Pure Clay Clear & Comfort Mask with its pale blue color packaged along with green lid, soothes both your mind and skin from the get go. As soon as you open the lid, its instant meditation/spa aura around because of the fragrance.
After applying the mask, I was reading 'Lilly and Fin, A Mermaid's tale' by Cornella Funke which put me in water in the imagination. From there, it was easy to close my eyes and imagine the seaweeds from which the mask was made. It is comforting to slow down like that.
The mask after drying is not uncomfortable tightening like Multani Mitti/ Fuller's Earth.
After washing the face, I did feel like touching my skin more to see the finger glide.The Titanium oxide does leave your skin brighter.
I found the mask application and waiting for it to dry process to be therapeutic. The mask works in a holistic way. The recommended frequency of application is twice a week. Which means its good to bring down the mid week stress.
I feel that the before and after shows the skin is cleaner and even with the mask's magic.
Happy Relaxing.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Connected Water
Earths water may have formed deep within mantle
To eat, cook, bathe with water
to play with a part of Earth
so deep inside
a fly on an orange
the juice its sipping on
is connected throughout
the digit
To eat, cook, bathe with water
to play with a part of Earth
so deep inside
a fly on an orange
the juice its sipping on
is connected throughout
the digit
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Balloon Kite
We were nowhere
close to water
Yet soothing tides
bathed our feet
in no time winds
turned the
playdough in my hand
to a balloon that
started flying in the air
and I began
pulling at the string
like a kite
Palmistry
The playdough
a hand
I asked the hosts
how was it made
to have all the
tiny strokes of a
real hand
they said it was
a mold
close to water
Yet soothing tides
bathed our feet
in no time winds
turned the
playdough in my hand
to a balloon that
started flying in the air
and I began
pulling at the string
like a kite
Palmistry
The playdough
a hand
I asked the hosts
how was it made
to have all the
tiny strokes of a
real hand
they said it was
a mold
Friday, January 20, 2017
Reach by Andy Molinsky
"Warren Buffet lamented that in college he limited himself by only signing up for classes where he wouldnt have to put himself out on a limb and speak in public. And whenever he did have to speak in public, especially in the early days, the results werent pretty: "I would throw up," Buffett remarked. "In fact, I aranged my life so that I never had to get up in front of anybody." - Andy Molinsky.
Monday, January 9, 2017
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Getting down to the stove level
Its now a known thing that our front left burner burns the food compared to the right burner. How I found this is, a recipe gave different results on these burners. Yesterday, I sat down against the island, facing the stove. And there they are 'Power Burner' and 'Accusimmer'. Turn out that the extra burning is a feature.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Counting by Knuckles
On reading ' I have no trouble remembering
that September has thirty days..' in
on rhyme by Billy Collins
I recall a method my dad taught me
about assigning months to the
crests and troughs
of the knuckles and the space
in between
to know their lengths
that September has thirty days..' in
on rhyme by Billy Collins
I recall a method my dad taught me
about assigning months to the
crests and troughs
of the knuckles and the space
in between
to know their lengths
Saturday, December 3, 2016
All In
According to HBS, Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Thursday, November 24, 2016
The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out
You might have been stuck in the dichotomy of wants of your manager and employees. According to The Harvard Business Review Managers Guidebook
"your supervisor may emphasize planning and resource management, supporting corporate goals, managing risk, and accepting final accountability for your unit. Your employees likely have a different view: they look to you to organize and direct the group's strategic goals, support them as they accomplish tasks, solve problems, and answer questions decisively, and facilitate their long- term growth"
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Power Crunch Peanut Butter Creme
I know its taking it far, becoming afoodie for protein bars. But this power crunch peanut butter creme puts gourmet into the staid protein bar with its wafer texture.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
Children's toys
A square
with four squares
2 by 2
cut out
A door
I tell my infant
I second guess
a window
Miniature
A giraffe
at preschool
all limbs
stumpy
fused into
one mold
with four squares
2 by 2
cut out
A door
I tell my infant
I second guess
a window
Miniature
A giraffe
at preschool
all limbs
stumpy
fused into
one mold
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Lofty in Spring
White tiny flowers on
sparse bushes
along the freeway
Should taxpayers
money be spent
on beautifying
highways asks a
colleague
Plant blindness
crowdfunding
Those white little flowers
sparse bushes
along the freeway
Should taxpayers
money be spent
on beautifying
highways asks a
colleague
Plant blindness
crowdfunding
Those white little flowers
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
A Dream
The door opened
to a man in a
sea of chains
with akey
to the door
I was locked in
I was freed
without wishing
and twined
sparsely
back in black
to a man in a
sea of chains
with akey
to the door
I was locked in
I was freed
without wishing
and twined
sparsely
back in black
What you want to be known for?
"You reach a point in your life when you start recognizing that your time is limited. And you realize that what matters is more than just your own achievements. Its the legacy. And the legacy in itself is the achievement and what you want to be known for."- Kathy Mazzarella, Graybar
You could reach this point when you lose a loved one.
You could reach this point when you lose a loved one.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Repeated Iceberg white tshirt
Saw a colleague
with a white tshirt
a repeating motif
very poem generating
I asked him about it
It must be the
tip of the iceberg shirt
with the iceberg in
different size
in each
representation
with a white tshirt
a repeating motif
very poem generating
I asked him about it
It must be the
tip of the iceberg shirt
with the iceberg in
different size
in each
representation
Fire wick
Fire wick image from LaraMakepiece is captivating.
Wicked Wind
It would be one thing if the wicks were all in
one direction
But they go left right and back
these multiple wicks
with their own mind
Its a picture from Waldskunt
Wicked Wind
It would be one thing if the wicks were all in
one direction
But they go left right and back
these multiple wicks
with their own mind
Its a picture from Waldskunt
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Revolving 'self-portrait' by Nadar
Photographs of the famous by Felix Nadar
Trying to draw
She pressed her ear against the shell
I started with the shell being held in right hand
pressing against the right ear
The head above was big and male
After extending the hand the
neck had to be elongated
the hand could be from the
side of the body turned
the face didnt have to face us
I reversed the front of the face
to the twisted back
Now shes reclaimed
Trying to draw
She pressed her ear against the shell
I started with the shell being held in right hand
pressing against the right ear
The head above was big and male
After extending the hand the
neck had to be elongated
the hand could be from the
side of the body turned
the face didnt have to face us
I reversed the front of the face
to the twisted back
Now shes reclaimed
DuckColor
These cross hatched
ducks
make you do a double take
Are there two each way?
wow 😨😍👏 @eleaxart pic.twitter.com/ezgN2J5fsr— jorge (@itsyorch) July 19, 2015
Monday, March 14, 2016
Drum City
I was reading 'Drum City' by Thea Guidone along with my preschooler and feeding the rice cereal to my infant. And I think I have hit upon a great ritual. It couldnt have started with a better book. All that rhyming. I like how every page on the book starts with DRUM which is like a big caesura but the rest on the lines that follow flow like waves. There's mystery too..
" people in banks,
people in shops,
everywhere, everything, everyone
STOPS"
and I wondered why...
On the next spread is the huge army of kids with their tubs and tins..
The illustrations are well done too. Catchy enough for preschoolers to call out what they see.
Second time around, I started singing it..
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Junior Mint Single-Cup Hot Cocoa for Keurig K-Cup Brewers
I had this Junior Mint Single-Cup Hot Cocoa for Keurig K-Cup Brewers and found it to be appealing. when you say mint and chocolate, I think of the after eight chocolate squares which have gooey mint inside them. But this cocoa is nothing like that, neither too sweet, nor too minty. The consistency of the cocoa too is smooth, not like the ones you mix hot water with.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Museum of Mistakes
Museum of Mistakes
A dish falling down hour before the arrival of guests
In the above page, author EricWeiner talks about how mess ups show the process of an art. Can we extend that argument to how decay of a body shows how the body works, which will help us in decoding how to make the human body or stop it from aging. If we were perfect, then we wouldnt be able to reproduce ourself. But if we are not perfect, then the dissimilarity makes us irreproducible in total likeliness.
A dish falling down hour before the arrival of guests
In the above page, author EricWeiner talks about how mess ups show the process of an art. Can we extend that argument to how decay of a body shows how the body works, which will help us in decoding how to make the human body or stop it from aging. If we were perfect, then we wouldnt be able to reproduce ourself. But if we are not perfect, then the dissimilarity makes us irreproducible in total likeliness.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Natural
I think of the seed events
popping up and wonder
if there is a
National Seed Swap Day
which there is
Jan 30th
But it also precedes spring
which is kind of natural
popping up and wonder
if there is a
National Seed Swap Day
which there is
Jan 30th
But it also precedes spring
which is kind of natural
The shape of a Heart
Heart Shaped Mold Silicone Molds - 3 Size Assorted Silicone Heart Pan for Baking Cake, Cupcake, Muffin, Pudding, Jelly, Ice Cubes, Bath Bomb, Lotion Bar, Soap BPA Free Nonstick Set of 3
A Costco plastic plate
with four cupcakes
placed in a square
in Valentine color
(donned by Rice Krispies
this time of the year)
Few sparkly paper hearts
red and pink
big and small
A heart cupcake
topper with a heart
and another smaller one
embossed where its
heart might be
if it were a human
And some heart
candy with letters
like LOVE
Symbols out of Phrases
Whatever the hand finds to do, the heart should go forth in wisdom #mysterybenevolence @FolkArtMuseum pic.twitter.com/GEDpO8xLa6— Sommer X. Santoro (@1976pacer) February 15, 2016
Serpentine park
Dallas Fair Park
On a Valentine's day
couples picniced
by the lake
With bridges piped onto
and under
the lake
would be traversable
too like the heart.
On a Valentine's day
couples picniced
by the lake
With bridges piped onto
and under
the lake
would be traversable
too like the heart.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Straight as a Crooked Stick
Tomb of the Diver
Would I be shockd to find that the Parthenon colums are not straight? That some how the ancients were not perfect and that their striaght line was crooked? Entasis was a way of getting the columns to look straight. But why is straight aesthetic?
Would I be shockd to find that the Parthenon colums are not straight? That some how the ancients were not perfect and that their striaght line was crooked? Entasis was a way of getting the columns to look straight. But why is straight aesthetic?
Sunday, January 3, 2016
My thoughts on
La Limpieza
This poem takes you from the Limpieza de sangre to an instructable of How to turn your bleach stained red bathtub white. Or thats just this reader's journey. With a word like Limpieza, the reader will be forced to lookup the meaning, kind of like running around for a beg, borrow, steal and now you have spent some time for the poem. With that hook and images like dove-bone-dirt (When I first heard of bone dry is how I feel of dove-bone-dirt) and russet (red potatoes came to mind). With this tete-a-tete, the poem has lodged in my mind and awaits a knock at a further date. Thoughts during an ambulance blare are universal where they flow like cries between birds when they hear an eagle. JGApoet shows this poem as a filigree of her time-warping abilities.
This poem takes you from the Limpieza de sangre to an instructable of How to turn your bleach stained red bathtub white. Or thats just this reader's journey. With a word like Limpieza, the reader will be forced to lookup the meaning, kind of like running around for a beg, borrow, steal and now you have spent some time for the poem. With that hook and images like dove-bone-dirt (When I first heard of bone dry is how I feel of dove-bone-dirt) and russet (red potatoes came to mind). With this tete-a-tete, the poem has lodged in my mind and awaits a knock at a further date. Thoughts during an ambulance blare are universal where they flow like cries between birds when they hear an eagle. JGApoet shows this poem as a filigree of her time-warping abilities.
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