“So, Mommyo, what are you going to do about Caterpickles, now that I’m in middle school?”
You may have noticed that posting has been uneven for quite a while now. Years ago when I first started this blog, I was posting daily.…
Look what I learned to do this fall!
This fall I’ve been volunteering in my daughter’s middle school library. Mostly the job involves shelving books kids have already read and helping kids find the…
50 States of Public Art: San Francisco buses power Ned Kahn’s Bus Jet Fountain
It’s election season and that means that I’ve been hearing a lot of press about all the things that are going wrong in Northern California. So it was a pleasant change to see this story in the New York Times yesterday about artist Ned Kahn’s plan to use San Francisco’s public transit system to create an interactive piece of public art.
50 States of Public Art: Chicago’s quest to become America’s street art capital
Having a Picasso in downtown is so 1967. For its next trick, #Chicago is looking to become America’s street art capital.
“Do fish have tongues?”
When @kristadb1 tweeted that she was going to take a suitcase full of cod tongues home with her from Newfoundland, I had some trouble wrapping my mind around the concept. Cod tongues? Surely that was a secret code word for steak. Fish don’t have tongues. Do they?
So I sat down today to do a bit of blogging for the first time in almost a month…
And then this happened. Man, it’s hard to type this way. But to bring you up quickly to date… blogging has been light in part because…
“Snow White was filmed in 1937? Did they even have TVs back then?”
One of the wonderful things about having both Netflix and a child is that you get to introduce her to all of your favorite childhood movies…
50 States of Public Art: ArtsCheyenne’s monthly Artwalk through downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming
Public art is everywhere, and this is the season for getting out and viewing it. This week I’ve been reading Michael Crichton’s Dragon Teeth. The book is…
Wait? What happened to my Caterpickles?
You may have noticed that Caterpickles looks a little different today. After seven years of using the same WordPress theme, I decided it was time to…
50 States of Public Art: Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota
Public art is everywhere, and this is the season for getting out and viewing it. I’ve spent the last few days reading a book set in…
