this book taught me that marcel marceau was a badass
My annual list at Tablet magazine is up. I only got to do one column this year — in the past I did separate columns for little-kid and big-kid books. As soon as I have time I’ll put up a longer list of terrific books for all the junior Jews of all literary predilections, reading levels and ages.
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I have a piece in the January issue of Real Simple on figuring out what to do with objects — books, collections, old toys — we feel attached to even as we know they are turning our home into a Hoarders episode. An abridged version is online.
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We appreciate the sentiment and accept your slightly confused but well-intentioned holiday wishes.
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I have a story in Self this month on knowing your own worth — asking for a raise, valuing your time, figuring out what you really value…not letting people steal da frootz of yur laborz. Major props to Paula Derrow and Laura Vanderkam, who did a lot of the heavy lifting.
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Took the girls to The Muppet Movie. Very cute. (And the world would be a better place if French Vogue really did have a Plus Size Editor.) There were approximately one zillion previews beforehand, and one of them was for Tintin. Let’s discuss. [click to continue…]
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I am confused. I got an email from one of those flash-sale sites about these wall decals, and I have QUESTIONS. [click to continue…]
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blissful broccoli fan
Once again, everyone’s favorite umlaut-friendly Swedish retailer has launched The IKEA Soft Toys for Education Campaign. [click to continue…]
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In Tablet magazine this week: Why I could be doing a better job at fostering gratitude in my children. (Yup, this column was prompted by reviewing those picture books about people who overcame much greater obstacles than my own whiny spawn ever have.)
I am already steeled for Tablet’s commenters enumerating the ways in which I suck.
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I wrote a piece in yesterday’s New York Times Book Review, a look at three picture books about kids living through challenging circumstances: Growing up in East Texas during the Depression, building a new life in the Bronx in the 1960s after escaping from Castro’s Cuba, and hiding from the Nazis in the Italian countryside during World War II. The headline was So You Think Your Life Sucks, You Privileged Whiny Ungrateful Little Fuck.
Oh wait, no, that was just the headline in my HEAD.
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