Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The Campbells of Hawaii
I love going to the big annual book sale that the state library has every July. It’s held at Mckinley High School, in the cafeteria. It’s not air conditioned, and every table is loaded with books. Thee are books on shelves along the walls, and in boxes under the tables. I used to go on [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Vintage Publications by Barb
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Slices of Life in Mexico, Part 2
Did you know Mexico has its own version on Venice? It’s called Xochimilco, and it’s a suburb of Mexico City. Hire a brightly painted boat to float down the canals, serenaded by musicians and pestered by beer and food vendors trying to sell you things from their own boats. The boats are named for the owner’s female [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Mexico, Personal news, Warner by Tracy
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Little Tiger’s Toilet Training
Your toddler doesn’t want to learn to go potty? How about this cute video from Japan?
Then again, the potty training singalong CD I gave away to my little niece and my neighbor’s son didn’t work so hot either.
1 Comment » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Tracy
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Lunar Eclipse
I didn’t even know there was one until a passerby passed me by last night saying “Twenty minutes to the eclipse!” The skies here were clear so I was able to see it in its entirety. Afterwards, the moon remained a dusty-peach color for the longest time. I could see how freaked out primitive societies [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal news by Tracy
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
The Country Bunny
Since it’s nearing Easter I thought I’d post a pic from another of my vintage children’s books. The one was called The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes and it was about a cottontail rabbit who marries young, has a lot of children, and decides to compete for the position of Easter Rabbit. The illustrations [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Vintage Publications by Tracy
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Slices of Life in Mexico, Part 1
One of the things I realized in Mexico is that The Cult of The Baby is alive and well. Most children not of walkable age are toted around in the arms of their parents, not in a wheeled conveyance. In part this is because the sidewalks and public transportation are too uneven and crowded for strollers, making [...]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Frida Kahlo
One thing I learned in Mexico was that artist Frida Kahlo has been adopted as the patron saint of Mexican art. In Mexico one can see her everywhere. For example, a paper mache skeleton of her stands in the Palacio del Cortes in Cuernavaca, before a mural painted by her husband Diego Rivera… the sculpture [...]
