(Mercury)
Thank God its Friday! And that means it is time for yours truly to share another artists’ work that fills me with Thrills! Chills! and Excitement! It is positively Phantasmagorical! It is the work of Ryan Heshka.
Children and the Art of Reading
Continuing the interesting discussion on children and reading started in the comments on yesterday’s post I thought I would share the following. I copied this from some site awhile back to put in a post and forgive me, I don’t remember where. I think it might be from young adult author Shannon Hale‘s blog site (great book conversations there including this one and this one and this one on teaching classics vs. more contemporary lit in junior high and high school).
Four New Blogs and a Meme…in a pear tree.
“Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.”
~Holbrook Jackson
I love books! And I love blogs by and about those who love books. Considering the plethora of blog sites out there it is a wonder sometimes that we true book lovers stumble across one another. I say ‘true’ book lovers indicating those who spurn pretension and refuse to let genre prejudice or book snobbery get in the way of a good read. Recently I have come across some of these sites that I just cannot help but visit day after day. And if I am going to visit daily (or more) then why not make the path of the information superhighway as direct as possible? Why not indeed. I have paved the road from my front door to theirs by adding these new sites to my blog links and I wanted to introduce you to them in the hopes that you will roll on over, knock on the door, kick off your shoes and stay awhile. I give you, in no particular order:
4 Day Weekend?
This past weekend started early for me as I took Friday off to (finally) paint the bookshelf that my dad and I built last month. I’m very pleased with the result and need only to put a coat of finish on it before it will be….er, finished…and then pics will be posted.
Friday night Mosker had us over for a wonderful dinner and games. The food (including artichoke spinach dip, mini quiches, and two other wonderful things that I can’t remember the names of) was fantastic and it wasn’t long before we were groaning from being overstuffed. We then played several games of Trivial Pursuit, the Genus V edition I believe. Great edition of the game with a mixture of simple and more difficult questions. Tori and I took on Mary and Nic and we both won twice so everyone was happy…especially once we had ice cream with fresh raspberries and blackberries for dessert…ummmmmmm! Thanks Nic, we had a terrific time! In addition to all that Nic’s cats and their varied personalities kept us entertained throughout the evening.
Friday Favorites: Automata for the People
(The Barecats, click for details)
In reading the Endicott Studio blog this week I came across a post linking to several sites featuring automata. I find these fascinating from both a nostalgic and mechanical point of view.