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Here’s an illustration from artist Edward Hemingway’s forthcoming illustrated title, Tiny Pie, written by Mark Bailey and Michael Oatman and coming in May from Running Press Kids.
Edward, who paints with oils on canvas and wood, also saw the release this year of Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, August 2012), all about an apple and a worm who become good friends — and weather hard times, given the funny looks and mean comments they get for being friends in the first place. (Let us not forget the enduring wisdom of the popular mid-’90s bumper sticker.)
Edward is here today to talk a bit about his books, his paintings, and I also couldn’t resist briefly asking him about his heritage. Yes, he’s Ernest’s grandson.
Let’s get right to it, since Edward shares so many images today. And for that I thank him.
P.S. If you read below, you’ll see that this is a very special day for Edward … (more…)
Book: The City's Son
Author: Tom Pollock
Published: September 8, 2012
Source: Review copy from publisher via NetGalley
Beth Bradley loves London. She runs the streets of her city at night, spreading her artwork with her faithful best friend Pen. But there's another London underneath the one she knows, one where the statues and lightbulbs and the very rubbish of the streets are alive, and powerful.
One night after a terrible betrayal, Beth runs headlong into the magic of her city, in the form of a boy. Not just any boy, mind you. This is Filius Viae, the Son of the Streets, whose mother is the incarnation of the city itself. But the Goddess is lost and gone, and her mortal enemy, Reach, is gaining power.
Beth gets sucked into a power struggle between Filius and Reach. In the process, she discovers the beauty, and the danger, of the city she's always loved.
A lot of books claim to be urban fantasy, and really just mean "chick in leather fighting vampires." This is truly urban fantasy, where the city itself is as wild and weird a landscape as any that George R.R. Martin ever dreamed up. Is there anybody who's ever lived in a city and not believed that it was alive? Not just because of the people in it, but the city itself. Pollock has harnessed that instinctive fantasy, brought it to life, and thrown it into political turmoil as pitched and white-hot as any human war.
The reason I kept picking up my e-reader to finish this book was the atmosphere. Sure, there's a pulse-pounding plot, and yes, Beth is pretty awesome, and true, there's a compelling subplot about her best friend. But truly, it was Pollock's imagination at work, sucking me in. There's something downright magical in his descriptions of sentient lightbulb spirits made of glass, coldly efficient chemical beings, and statues that house living, unwillingly immortal souls.
Not only is every detail of the city imbued with its own animus, there are complex politics at work, making every character or group of creatures a wild card in Filius and Beth's struggle against Reach. For my part, I can't wait to see how everything plays out in the rest of this proposed trilogy.
I fell asleep earlier and dreamt about my first book signing for THE MONSTORE. It was so glitzy and glamorous, I wanted to reenact it for you. Unfortunately, my makeup smeared onto my pillow and my hair got all matted, plus I lost my Jane Jetson mask, so these cartoon characters offered to be my cast.
But I don’t think they got it quite right. Especially that dude with the camera.
I fell asleep earlier and dreamt about my first book signing for THE MONSTORE. It was so glitzy and glamorous, I wanted to reenact it for you. Unfortunately, my makeup smeared onto my pillow and my hair got all matted, plus I lost my Jane Jetson mask, so these cartoon characters offered to be my cast.
But I don’t think they got it quite right. Especially that dude with the camera.
By: Cindy R. Williams,
on 9/15/2012
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Don't cry because it's is over. Smile because it happened.
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All your dreams can come true if
you have the courage to pursue them.
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Most of us who are leading worry –free happy lives have our own problems which we haven’t considered discussing with anyone. Instead, most people choose to pretend as if nothing is wrong and learn to live with the problems. Though problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say – Problem, I
A group of friends and I saw
Midnight's Children in its New England premiere as part of the
Telluride at Dartmouth program at Dartmouth College. (I saw a bunch of the films
last year, but don't have time this year and, in any case, am not as enthusiastic about the selection as I was last year.)
The group of us had very different reactions to the movie, with some people extremely enthusiastic about it. For me, it was unfulfilling, and seems a perfect illustration of two general rules: 1.) novelists should not adapt their own books for the screen; 2.) Great books don't make great movies.
A surprising amount of the plot of Salman Rushdie's original novel is retained in the film, and this seemed to me the heart of its problem. A novel of 500+ pages has the room to let its incidents spread out and breathe; a 148-minute film can only include the majority of those incidents if it spends very little time on any of them. And that's what happens. The movie zips along, but it's in such a hurry that nothing much feels like it matters. A story like
Midnight's Children, which takes place over many decades and various locations, is especially unsuited to such crammed rushing. It flattens characterizations, making everyone seem like a caricature, and accentuates the many coincidences and contrivances that feel less ridiculous in a large novel. The effect is to make the world of the movie feel absurdly small, and, by the end, to leave it no recourse other than a thin sentimentality. The film sacrifices everything to get as much of the book's plot in as possible, and thus ends up less like an adaptation of the novel than of its
SparkNotes summary.
One of my pet peeves with adaptations of complex works of literature is that they rarely seek to find a cinematic equivalent to the literary style.
Midnight's Children is interesting as much for its language and structure as for its events, but neither Rushdie in his linear and unimaginative screenplay or Deepa Mehta in her direction find any sort of analogue for that. Rushdie himself gives an ever-present narration in voiceover, further making the film seem like an illustration of the book — we get to look at pictures while somebody reads at us! Last year, I had mixed feelings about
We Need to Talk About Kevin, but one of the things I most admired was its determination to be a movie unto itself and not merely an illustration of the novel. The book exists as a work of art in its own right; the movie should, too.
I was often annoyed by the film's colors, which are frequently saturated and sometimes desaturated — manipulation that renders all the whites glowing, blank, and depthless, giving the whole movie an unreal quality that was certainly intentional but to my eyes screamed of kitsch. The same is true for some digital effects in the last third or so of the film, where it sometimes looks like lost outtakes from
300. Occasionally, such as scenes in a Delhi slum, the saturation of colors provides beautiful greens, reds, blues, and yellows, but on the whole the effect was distracting, and especially disappointing given that I thought Mehta's earlier film,
Water, was visually powerful and affecting.
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Ahh. The sweet smell of Dencorub and muscle linament filled the early moring train carriage. It must be the Sydney Running Festival - and then when we walked onto Milson's Point Station we definitely knew we were in the right place. Not only was the aroma so very, very strong but there were a gazillion bodies dressed in varying forms of running gear (and lots of lycra). And no - we weren't running. We were in the family and community groups section of the running festival. We strolled across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the orange-clad Books In Homes crew. It was an absolute thrill to be part of the team (thanks Hester for organising our gathering) and we must have stood out because as we crossed the finish line (46 minute stroll) at the Botanical Gardens our team was congratulated over the PA system! Yeah for Books in Homes!
Not sure about
Books in Homes? It is one of the organisations which I am delighted to be involved in.
Books in Homes Australia’s vision is to re-awaken a sense of wonder in children and excitement in parents, by creating an Australia where every child and family has access to books of choice at home. There are
Books in Homes Role Models across the country. We volunteer to inspire young readers and are featured in the Books in Homes catalogues, participate in school Book Giving Assemblies, and promote the enjoyment of reading ... something that is right down my alley!
We are most definitley walking the bridge again with Books in Homes in next year!
By: Petrina Case,
on 9/15/2012
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This was resized in my Studio for the MINIATURE / CIRCUS / CAROUSEL / LOVER.
Handmade in my studio. The Artwork is from an Antique print.
French Circus Carousel Miniature
• The expression image d'Épinal has become proverbial in French and refers to an emphatically traditionalist and naïve depiction of something, showing only its good aspects. Info sourcs- wikapedia
• Épinal prints were prints on popular subjects rendered in bright sharp colours, sold in France in the 19th Century. They owe their name to the fact that the first publisher of such images — Jean-Charles Pellerin — having been born in Épinal, named the printing house he founded in 1796
It took over 2 days for me to print, cut and assemble.
Each tiny Circus figure is carefully cut and assembled to the interior wheel.
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• THe small one is 4-1/2"" High x 2" diameter base
• Working mechanical.
• The inner carousel rotates clockwise as the viewer turns the bead on the top.
• Each CIrcus performer is cut out separately and glued into place on the wheel that rotates.
• The center post is wood, the topper is a dimensional AB plastic crystal bead with the very top being a gold colored bead -all the rest of the Carousel is of cardstock paper.
• Reproduction of a paper toy.
• The coloring may vary from the original Antique print and shades shown here.
There is a new genre emerging..."New Adult" fiction for older teens. You never stop growing up, but little in the market seems to address the coming-of-age that also happens in your 20s.
Just as YA is fiction about discovering who you are as a person, NA is fiction about building your own life as an actual adult. As older teen readers discover the joy of the upper level Young Adult genres, the New Adult—demand may increase. This, in turn, would give writers the chance to explore the freedom of a slightly older protagonist while also easing some of the logistical aspects of writing YA. Hmmm…
Eighteen to Twenty-five protagonists are surprisingly rare; in a panel on YA literature at Harvard’s 2008 Vericon, City of Bones author talked about pitching her novel, then about twenty-somethings, as adult fiction. After several conversations, Clare realized she had to choose between adults and teens. She went with teens.
St. Martin’s Press: We are actively looking for great, new, cutting edge fiction with protagonists who are slightly older than YA and can appeal to an adult audience. Since twenty-somethings are devouring YA, St. Martin’s Press is seeking fiction similar to YA that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an “older YA” or “new adult.” In this category, they are looking for spunky but not stupid, serious but not dull, cutting-edge, supernatural stories.
Would you buy New Adult books?
Does the genre appeal to you? Does it sound better than YA?
Or are you happy with YA as it stands?
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The original McLaughlin Dolhouse closed was 13 square x 1 inch
• Inside cover top shows the information from the original advertisement as follows:
• The house folds down to 13 x 13 x 1 inch. It makes 4 rooms:
Parlor
Dining-room
Bed-room
Kitchen
• Each 13 inch square, without roof, parted off by partitions 13 inches high. It is designed to be played with on a table. A number of little girls may thus get round it to the very best advantage. It is made out of stout binder's board covered with colored designs representing the carpets, walls, windows, mantels, etc. as seen in houses. It is designed to be furnished with paper or other small furniture, and to be occupied by paper or other small dolls. Single rooms are also put up, instead of four rooms together.
• Mine is a reproduction of a paper toy originally designed as 13 x 13 x 1" by McLoughlin Bros. New York.
• Box to hold the Dollhouse 3-1/4" square x 1/2" High.
• Dollhouse opens up to a 6" square x 3" High.
• Dollhouse closed is 3" square x 1/4" High
This is my sculpture of the 'Geneseo Bear" 9 inches high.
He is in for repairs as he jumped off a shelf. He is ok, just the street light is off kilter.
The Bronze Bear
The Bronze Bear Fountain is on Main Street, Geneseo, New York
Just off campus, in the center of Main Street in Geneseo sits the famous Bronze Bear statue. "The Bear"
also plays host to any number of spontaneous decorations and pranks throughout the academic year. A
story also circulates that one of the wealthy Wadsworth daughters saw the bear fountain in a small town in
Germany, fell in love with it, bought it, and sent it back to Geneseo in the early 19th century. This story is
unverified, but an excerpt from a history of the family that settled the valley implies that this is not true,
and that the fountain was designed and built for its current location: "[Main Street] is still dominated by a
drinking fountain for horses dedicated to Mrs. Emmeline Austin Wadsworth. For some obscure reason its
designer placed a short pole in its center on top of which sits a cunning little iron bear, who is generally
known as 'Aunt Emmeline'.
Reference:
The Wadsworths of the Genesee. New York: Coward-McCann. 1959. pp. 205.
Phew.
Here is the last one of the series for Marie Antoinette... unless Anka would like me to do more! I have tons of sketches... so if she wants more, I hope she's ready for many many more!
But, meanwhile, there is a chance for modifications and of course, this could be it.
:)
It's been fun!
I think this might be my favorite.
I'm not really a writer so I thought I'd share a couple of my favorite quotes by Marjorie Hinckley and then offer a giveaway. Marjorie Hinckley was the perfect example of the kind of woman I want to become.We are all in this together. We need each other. Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young, and hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old...We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance.I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn.I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children.I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow what a ride!”
Celebrating Womanhood Giveaway - I've got 2 great books to giveaway to 1 winner. Motherhood Matters & Through His Eyes.
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I did this bunny and carrot car using paper scraps. I don't know what it is but I am just not loving the background. I can't let it go so I am probably going to change it.
I have several more animals and cars that I am working on so hopefully I will get the background figured out. What do you think?
It all kicks off on September 27th at New York’s Museum of Art and Design (aka MAD) with a screening of the works of James and John Whitney. This is followed in mid-October every Friday and Saturday with a curated series of screenings dedicated to Ralph Bakshi, The Hubleys, Sally Cruikshank, Martha Colburn, Jim Trainor and Robert Breer. The restrospective is called Adults in the Dark: Avant-Garde Animation at MAD and it runs through mid-November. It’s an important compilation of landmark animated works by some of the true artists in the field. New Yorkers, check it out!
(Thanks, Aaron Anderson)
Here is yet another...
More to come! ;)
I have to admit that I don't have a lot of interest in Albert Einstein. I picked up
Albert Einstein when I saw it at the library because I recognized the author,
Kathleen Krull's, name. I remember her picture book
Fartiste, and I liked what I thought was the novelty of her book
Lincoln Tells a Joke. Plus, I believe Kathleen is a Facebook friend. My point being, that name is definitely filed away in my mind, and when I saw it on a book cover, the metaphorical equivalent of a bell rang.
I found
Albert Einstein, part of Krull's
Giants of Science series, to be a
very readable
book. Seriously, on a couple of occasions I looked forward to going back to this book over some other ones I was reading at the time. The text seemed as if it could have come from one of those well done magazine profiles that often grab me.
I can't say that I have a better understanding of what Einstein actually did, though I think I do have a grasp of his process. I have a much better understanding of the significance of his work in the bigger scheme of things. I am left, after reading
Albert Einstein, not liking him very much. That was an interesting aspect of this book. I felt that Krull put out details of Einstein's personal life (his treatment of the women in his life, for instance) without making any value judgments, herself. I, however, felt free to do so. I also felt she did a good job of placing him within his time period and showing historical events' impact upon him. In one case, in particular, she showed the impact he appears to have had on a historical event.
This book includes a list of sources, but no citations in the text. I am seeing this in nonfiction books for adults, as well as children, and don't know what the significance is. The absence of citations wouldn't keep me from encouraging a young person to read the book.
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The beautiful kids and teachers of Holy Spirit School North Ryde have embraced Room to Read – www.roomtoread.org
- Educating the Children of the developing world.
So far Room to Read has reached 6.6 million children in countries including Vietnam, Nepal. India … Uganda and aims to reach 20 million children by 2020!
I’m proud to be a ROOM TO READ Author Ambassador.
I was there with 4 hats as a:-
Room to Read Author Ambassador
Ambassador for the National Year of Reading 2012
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The author of:-
NO to School Bullying & I AM JACK
Universal Human Rights – everyone has the right to a nationality & ‘Ships in the Field’
It was a warm, wonderful and joyous day there.
Thankyou Kosalay Pather for inviting me to your school.
Room to Read endorses ‘I Am Jack’.
Monkey Baa Theatre’s adaptation of ‘I AM JACK’ will be performed at the Lend lease Darling Quarter Theatre Darling Harbour 11-15 March Bookings:-
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I had a go at painting my favourite Ben Nicholson picture entirely from memory for the Masterpieces From Memory Group.Gouache 20cm x 28cm. Click to enlarge.
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Open to the public Saturday and Sunday, September 15 and 16, 2012.
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Saturday, September 15: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday, September 16: noon - 6:00 pm
New Loot:
- Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
- The Sadness of the Samurai by Victor del Arbol
- Binky Takes Charge by Ashley Spires
- No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
- A Memory Between Us by Sarah Sundin
- Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin
- Evolution of the Word by Marcus J. Borg
- Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul
Leftover Loot:
- Shiver Me Timbers: Pirate Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
- City by Clifford D. Simak
- Worship: The Ultimate Priority by John MacArthur
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman
- A Gentleman of Fortune by Anna Dean
- A Woman of Consequence by Anna Dean
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That bad apple looks good! I’m putting it on my (special) list. I am glad Mr. Hemingway and Miss Vernon (ah, how I love HER tale of friendship as well) went to the Orchard despite deadlines. Thanks for that lovely post, for the music and I am crossng my fingers for you at your talk…you’ll knock their socks off!
Jules:
I love his quote—The best you can hope for is to make your best work in your own voice. I really enjoyed seeing all his art and how the idea came to him for Bad Apple. My favorite visual–Elephant Lane outside at night.
I know you are doing well with your presentation. I am so wishing I could be there. I really like Dogwood Blossom.
My kicks for the week:
1. Continued cooler weather
2. Seeing Theo (my tree frog) changing color and probably seeing him for the last time
3. Walking along the Lake Michigan shoreline yesterday
4. Reading wonderful picture books and two wonderful MG books this week.
5. Working in my gardens, getting them ready for winter
6. Visits to my favorite bookstores and public library plus getting new books in the mail
7. Walking with Xena
Have a wonderful week everyone.
Hi there, Edward! Thank you for sharing your art with us. Best of luck with your creations and your classes. Happy birthday!
Jules: I have now come to expect cute little mice at 7-Imp.
Have a wonderful time at the conference today. Yay for your awesome daughters.
JES: I obtained The Night Circus from the library and will read it later this month, if not this week. I’ll let you know what I think. Thank you for the recommendations!
Hi lisainberlin!
Margie: Shorelines can be so, so pretty. Hi to Theo.
My kicks from the past week:
1) One of my screenplays made it into the next round of a contest for filmmakers, which means it’s getting a reading this Wednesday. I’m extremely excited. The finalists are determined by the votes of the audience, so I hope they like what they hear! After a few more rounds, the top 3 scripts get funding to produce their short films.
2) Being on set
3) Writing
4) Reading
5) Research
6) Music
7) Leverage continues to inspire me as a writer and as an actor. Looking forward to the summer season finale tonight!
Jules,
Thanks so much for another great post! I hope you’re having a wonderful time at the conference and am sure you’re doing AWESOME!
Margie-I also love that idea from Edward about “The best you can hope for is to make your best work in your own voice.” And walking along the shoreline sounds lovely
Kicks for the week:
1. Finally started posting about my classes! Here’s the initial post where I explain how I’ll be posting: http://alice-peregrinations.blogspot.com/2012/09/come-follow-along-with-me.html
I’ve already posted about Catcher in the Rye and a few posts on fairy tales!
2. Started reading Adam Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark and Grimm and love it! It even gave me an idea for my paper in my fairy tale class
3. Discovered this priest from Minnesota (Fr. Mike Schmitz) and he is literally one of the most AMAZING and FUNNY people I have ever heard. Even if you’re not religious you should watch this less than two minute video, it’s hilarious and will make you smile and maybe even laugh out loud: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNVBg3a_qaA&feature=related
4. Taught my first art history class of the year, and I think it went well, I got the kids talking, almost all of them said something from the 5 year old to the 15 year old, it was great!
5. Was walking to class Tuesday morning and was surprised when I realized I wasn’t dying of heat or sweating, but there was actually a cool breeze instead of a humid wave of thick air!
6. Emailed my 8 fairy tale questions to Cornelia Funke! I am so excited, she is literally pretty much my favorite author since ages ago and she responded to me on facebook and told me she would love to talk to me about fairy tales!!
7. Finally coming back to 7imp and kicking this week, it just makes me feel so happy and love to hear about everyone
Have a wonderful week!
Little Willow- I hope you enjoy The Night Circus!! And would love to hear your thoughts on it, I read it last year and loved it and am planning on rereading it this Oct/Nov
Oh, Edward’s work is lovely! I feel inspired now, just to be me (and possibly a better me than I used to be)! I also am excited to read The Night Circus (it is staring at me from my bookshelf). Getting a kick out of my kids reading and doing their homework (voluntarily) right now, beautiful weather, getting ready to send out a new postcard this week! All best to Jules and friends of 7-imp!
Happy Birthday, Edward. Love these spreads, especially Bad Apple looking into the sunset.
Jules, enjoy the conference.
1. Fall
2. Visiting my home town for the first time in 25 years
3. On top of my MFApplication
4. A fabulous illustrator agreed to an interview on my little blog soon
5. this blog has been the inspiration for my own illustrator series this year.
6. Finally thought of a present for my best friend’s wedding next weekend.
7. Read CHAINS this week and as a foreigner, it is the first book that has really touched me about the American revolution
Hey everyone!
I’m super-busy this afternoon but couldn’t resist stopping by for a brief visit. Love seeing everyone’s kicks, as always, but I’m afraid I’ll just have to leave this cardboard box of my weekly 7 kicks on the 7-Imp floor for y’all to rummage through at your leisure. They’re all very nice ones and I know each of you will fine something you like: there’s a movie rec, and a music video, and, well, you know how the world is sometimes too much with us? Yeah. THAT.
(Aside to LW and other [actual or potential] Night Circus groupies: I posted a looong and awfully-close-to-spoiler-free review of it yesterday.)
Edward’s work is lovely.
I’d love to see Sara’s cupcake and Edward’s apple meet one day. Thanks for sharing.
Jules-Music and dancing is very important. I’m sure you are rocking it at the conference.
Hi Lisa
I love all of your kicks Margie. Sounds like a wonderful week.
L.W.-Congrats on your screenplay, Yay!
Welcome back Jess!
Nina- Hooray for new postcards. Can’t wait to see it.
Joanna-I’m glad you got to go home. Sounds like a long time coming.
J.E.S.-The World! Right!
Kicks
1. Cookies in the mail (thanks, Nina)
2. Trumpet in the mail
3. Arty girl who doesn’t like sports has joined the cross country track team?!
4. Tweak, tweak, tweaking my website.
5. Hero husband fixed the dryer.
6. Went to the Danforth Museum with my sister to see “Picture This”, a juried picture book artist show. http://www.danforthmuseum.org/picture_this2012.html
7. Music once again helped me cope with a loss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bausG809hv0&feature=related
Here is a post I wrote a while back about my neighbor. We’ll miss him.
http://moirart.blogspot.com/2009/07/walking-my-baby.html
Have a lovely week all.
I love Edward’s stuff. I hold him up there with Sergio Ruzzier in being one of those incredibly distinct and stylish, somewhat surreal/weird (in the best way!), dreamy pic book makers working today. Great post and behind-the-scenes coverage!
[…] those.) So imagine my surprise when I saw that the very same Edward Hemingway was the subject of a Seven Imps‘ post this […]
Love the artwork today! I hope you went well this morning Jules!
Jess congrats on the art class, I hope I remember to read your blog about it when I am more awake!
Moira, trumpet in the mail sounds very sophisticated and cool.
I am loving my time in the US so far. Kicks include:
1. First sighting of chipmunks today! They are faster, smaller and even cuter than I expected!
2. The multitude of free museums and galleries in DC - loved being able to pop in and out without feeling like I had to the value out of an expensive ticket
3. Trying lots of foods on my US hit list, plus bonus ones like s’mores at someone’s house during the week (what a clever invention )
4. Seeing all of the different houses in different areas, so many of them just looking American and cute
5. Perfect weather for walking all over
6. Great pressies found include baby Halloween costumes for friends’ babies (we don’t celebrate in Aus)
7. Cute American accents
Thanks, Lisa — and everyone! The talk went well. Whew. That’s done.
Margie, now that was a week full of rich kicks — gardening, bookstores, walking, reading. I love walking and not just ’cause Walker is my maiden name.
Little Willow! Kick #1 is so terrifically exciting! CONGRATS! Fingers crossed for you! I can’t stop using exclamation marks! Keep us updated. Please.
Hi again, Jess! So glad you’re enjoying classes. I hope to read about them at the link you shared, once I get caught up on stuff. Also, I think my daughter will like the Inkheart series. I keep telling her about it.
Hi, Nina! Thanks, and all the best to you, too!
Joanna: Shucks. I’m happy to read 7-Imp was a good kind of inspiration. Do you know I’ve never read Chains? Gotta fix that.
John, I’m good with cardboard-box kicks. (I like that idea.) Have a good week!
Moira: Thanks for the music. I had no idea Willie Nelson had musician sons. Sorry about your loss. “Picture This” sounds like it was fun, though, and a highlight of your week. And cross country track? Really? YOU GO.
Hi, Matt. Thanks!
Emmaco: You’re here! I had fun just reading your kicks. S’mores! Wow. I wish I lived near D.C. and could meet up with you. And you don’t celebrate Halloween in Australia? This is the Thing I’ve Learned From You This Week.
Just to be clear the trumpet is for my son and my arty daughter is doing cross country. I am sitting around eating cookies
Moira: Gotcha. I wholeheartedly approve of the sitting-around-and-eating-cookies.
Jess from Alice in Baker Street: Hurrah for your lineup of new classes! Have fun sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm with your students, and reading a fairy tale a day. Remind me next week, and if I’ve read the book by then, I’ll certainly tell you and JES and the Imps at large what I thought, and I’ll read your review then, JES!
Nina: You have a cool name. Anyone know which book made me like that name?
Joanna: I hope it was a happy homecoming.
Thanks, Moira. Sorry for your loss. Music is wonderfully therapeutic.
Emmaco: Please say hello to the chipmunks for me! Have un in the States!
Thanks, Jules! I’m all kinds of flattered. And motivated.
Also, Jules, I saw someone today who looked enough like you to make me think, “I hope Jules is having fun at the conference!”
Little Willow: Yes, the conference was fun.
Which book made you like the name Nina? I’m stumped.
[…] that seemed too daunting, to pick the best things that happened this summer (there were lots!). So, with a nod to Jules at 7 Imp (who does this every WEEK – how dedicated is that?), I am presenting, in no particular order, […]
Oh, I hear ya on Rufus Wainwright. Have you heard him sing What Are You Doing New Years Eve? It’s my favourite holiday song - I could listen to it in July.
I don’t have a weekly list but I did a Seven Summer Kicks on my blog! (I think it pinged you.) Cheers!
By the way, have you seen this? Graphic novel edition of A Wrinkle in Time! With preview!
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/09/a-wrinkle-in-time-the-graphic-novel-comic-excerpt
Hi, Christian. Those were fun to read. Raspberries are the best, and “writing is revising” speaks to me right now.
I’ve read about that graphic novel but haven’t seen it yet.
p.s. Christian: No, haven’t heard Rufus sing that yet. I MUST!
I was about to write this comment, when I saw Matt’s note above. Over-kind of him, especially knowing his exceptional standards.
What I wanted to say, is that Ed’s work is going to become indelible, thankfully. I can’t say the same about most people publishing today.