Today, August 10th is World Lion Day and I have to admit that I am a little bummed that I didn’t learn about this day until NOW and that I failed to share some of my favorite picture books with the daycare I visited today. Bah! Earlier in the summer I did a lion themed storytime because the library just got…
Say It, "Rah-shay"
Words and thoughts from Rachée
Those Gallaghers…oh my word! Netflix is streaming the first five seasons of the Showtime series Shameless and I cannot stop watching! Series description: Meet the fabulously dysfunctional Gallagher family. Dad’s a drunk, Mom split long ago, eldest daughter Fiona tries to hold the family together. Eldest son Philip (Lip) trades his physics tutoring skills for sexual favors from neighborhood girls….
Wait? What? Yup! There is a day called “National Underwear Day.” It was created by a company called Freshpair on August 5th, 2003 in an effort to publicly shine light on “unmentionables.” Here are picture books to celebrate national underwear day. The Underpants Zoo by Brian Sendelbach. This unusual zoo features animals wearing all types of underpants. Tip: We pretended to…
In which I rant YET again about age, aging, getting old and Sesame Street. A few days ago I was listening to the Ted Radio Hour on WHYY and the episode focused on aging. My thoughts and feelings towards aging go back and forth between wanting to go gently into that good night and fighting like hell when my time comes….
The first time I saw the trailer for the movie Bad Moms my initial thought was, “Here we go again. Here is yet another movie/thing/commentary, about the poor overworked, overstressed, under appreciated mom.” The trailer features a wild, seemingly out of control house party complete with slow motion house party dancing and drinking. Moms taking a stand and saying No, bratty…