I recently got reminded of Topsy Turvy dolls. I'm pretty sure I had one as a kid. I think mine was of the Caribbean woman type with a large colorful dress ( Read more... )

Is anyone else having serious trouble posting comments here on LJ? The last day or two I've had to try at least three times before any comment will go through, and today is worse.

(Of course, I've asked you here about commenting, and you need to comment to answer...oy)

This coming Saturday, April 21st, is the First Annual Boston Storytelling Festival ( Read more... )

Okay, I've seen this meme go round many times over the years, but never played. But this time I'm playing. Here's the meme:

"Comment to this post and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from ( Read more... )

Passover will soon be upon us. I discovered that my family was not going to be hosting a 2nd night seder, and came up with the idea to host a "children's seder" for my daughter and some other families with toddlers and babies. As such I went looking for some resources ( Read more... )

Had a long overdue night out tonight. It was to the story slam semi-finals, and I'm so glad I got to go ( Read more... )

It was once again confirmed to me today that I should really hook Raya up with the local circus people whenever she is old enough. She's seriously acrobatic, and Dan has already taught her how to roll out of falls and other (extremely) basic safety stuff like that ( Read more... )

This morning (before some crazy family news), I was reminded of the power my words can have. It was good power this time, and brought a smile to my face ( Read more... )

Went to see "The Princess Bride" on the big screen today with mytheria and trysha. So much fun to see it in a theater with an audience. I think I've only ever done that once before ( Read more... )

I was updating an online profile on a website, and realized that it had been a few years since I updated the books section. So I went through and linked to my yearly best lists putting the absolute "best" next to the link.

Looking at the list, something struck me. Here's the list:

2005: Kindred by Octavia Butler
2006: Time and Again by Jack ( Read more... )