Yes, again, a slight hiccup in the Italian adventure to call your attention to a very cool blog that is out in the ethersphere for your pondering pleasure.
This week marks the final installment of the “Significant Objects” project—a fabulous experiment that involved about $120 worth of thirft store items and a whole lot of creative [...]
Archive for the ‘Check This Out’ Category
Pausing at the Po
Posted in Adventures in Research, Check This Out, Museum Collections on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m just going to pause in my Italian journey here to mention an amazing collection of photos I stumbled upon at the Colorado Historical Society/Denver Public Library. It seems the 10th Mountain Division trained in both Colorado and on Washington’s Mount Rainier in preparation for expeditions into the mountains of Italy. Their endeavors were extensively [...]
David Macaulay at Tacoma Art Museum
Posted in Check This Out, My Book Shelf on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who are David Macaulay fans (The Way Things Work, Cathedral, Pyramid, Black & White, The Way WE Work) there is a must-see exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum right now. It runs through June 14, 2009 and it’s fantastic. Set up to show the progression of Macaulay’s work from “envelope sketches” [...]
Author-Illustrator Interview: Richard Jesse Watson
Posted in Check This Out, Interviews, What's Up on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forgive me peeps for I have sinned, it’s been way too long since my last post. But, hey, life’s been busy, and who am I to bore you with the details? What I will share is my latest author interview recently posted on the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts/Whidbey Writer’s Workshop student website. The story [...]
COLUMBIAKids is here!
Posted in Check This Out, What's Up on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m delighted to announce that the premiere issue of COLUMBIAKids is live and thriving at http://columbia.washingtonhistory.org/kids. It’s an awesome new online magazine for Pacific Northwest kids (about 4-14 years) who love stories AND for kids around the world who want to know more about the Northwest.
COLUMBIAKids is scheduled to come out twice per year, with [...]
Off My Shelf…
Posted in Check This Out, My Book Shelf on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrivals and Inventions: A Two-Book Review
By Stephanie Lile
The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2007. Copyright 2006.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Published by Scholastic Press, New York. Copyright 2007.
There is a land somewhere far away from each of us where the [...]
Historical Fiction Writers Check This Out
Posted in Check This Out on May 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve just finished watching a great video of a program held at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles featuring the historical fiction writers Steven Saylor and Steven Pressfield. Titled “Writing Historical Fiction: The Ancient World in Modern Literature,” the program was moderated by journalist Patt Morrison. In the introduction, Morrison makes a great observation about [...]
