Where living an amazing life never gets old
If you’re like me, you were touched by “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” the 1995 hit which garnered Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Richard Dreyfuss as a dedicated high school music teacher who has a profound effect on generations of students. Committed to insuring the future of music education, the film’s composer, Michael Kamen, founded…
This irresistibly-named blog features a brilliant mix of two of my can’t-live-without necessities: literature and music. And then it asks authors to do what I’ve been doing in our heads forever – putting playlists to their latest books. Remember last week I featured Ayelet Waldman’s “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and…
You’ve heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve. Well, now you can wear your guitar strings on your wrist. Or, even better, strings from the guitars of artists like Bonnie Raitt or Carrie Underwood. WearYourMusic.org features the most unique bracelets, each custom-made from used guitar strings and recycled silver. Strings are available from the…
Ayelet Waldman is one of my heroines. Not only has she written some of my favorite books (“Love and Other Impossible Pursuits,” “Daughter’s Keeper”) but she’s married to the adorable and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,” she’s got a law degree from, uh, Harvard, and she’s the mother of…
Our Facebook friend and one of our favorite authors, Alice Hoffman, recently posted a note about the best birthday present she received – a donation made in her name to the Lange Foundation. When we asked her what made it so special, she sent us to their website and said, “The Lange Foundation deserves our…
If there is anything that proves the strength of the human-animal bond, it’s the story of Christian the lion. Millions of us have watched, teary and in disbelief, the YouTube video of the amazing, emotional reunion between a lion and the two men who raised him. Now you can read all the details – and…
When we ran into Mr. Ellie Pooh (aka Dr. Karl Wald) at a crafts fair a while back, the first thing he told us to do was to take a whiff of his gorgeous handmade stationery. Always game for a challenge, we sniffed while he matter-of-factly explained that all of the journals, photo albums and…
The antioxidants in its teas aren’t the only part of The Tea Spot that’s fighting cancer. Through its Tea Spot Cares Fund,the woman-owned and operated company donates a portion of all proceeds to Cancer research and wellness programs. Its philanthropic mission – “Modern Brewing. Conscious Living.” – means a solid commitment to Eco-commerce, upholding a…
