Amazon sells the Kindle Paperwhite for $99 today. That’s nothing if you think of all the great books you can get for $1.99 throughout the year (Kindle Daily Deals). I got several science fiction books yesterday, as well as some other titles. There are great books for $1.99 all the time, so you’ll be saving … Continue reading
MOOCs are great. I’m taking a fabulous class on Social Psychology from Wesleyan University, and a beautiful class on Modern and Contemporary American Poetry from University of Pennsylvania, among others. The first one has dynamic lectures, punctuated by all sorts of visual information and snippets from social psychology experiments (something I so wished to have … Continue reading
Zazzle, the custom-made products store, keeps adding interesting lines to its customizable collection. Here are some ways you can personalize wine boxes. For a birthday gift (change age, name, and vintage) Circle patterned named 50th birthday wine box by Mylittleeden Shop for other wine boxes at Zazzle Diamond Wedding Anniversary Gift Diamond wedding anniversary heart … Continue reading
Now you can customize bars of chocolate on Zazzle. You can pick the base (milk, dark, white) and toppings (lots of nuts: pecan, macademia, etc.; fruit: dried strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries, mango, pineapple, etc.; coconut flakes, ginger, orange peel, lavender, pumpkin spice, etc.; and much more: Skittles, butterscotch, etc.). You can choose 5 toppings out … Continue reading
I am sifting through a list of Welsh castles. It has some 100 articles/items on it :-). Some of them are ruins, others little more than mounds of earth, but there are some which still have impressive keeps, gates and walls standing, or even most of the castle. These castles I mentioned are 11th, 12th, … Continue reading
I watched the Roland Garros final yesterday for three hours, rooting for Simona Halep, who almost beat a seasoned Maria Sharapova. Simona Halep was truly wonderful, and her rise to No. 3 WTA in such a short time is quite fantastic. I think we’ll see many Grand Slam tournaments won by Halep in the very … Continue reading
A dear niece of mine is turning three this month and I made a T-shirt for her with the words “Best 3-Year-Old Gardener” and bits from photos of roses inside the letters. Then I went about making a series around the concept, for children out there who enjoy playing gardener :-) Best 3-Year-Old Gardener (© … Continue reading
