I get to do some of the most interesting things! I got to be on this cool panel at the Children's Museum, where the other panelists were: Judy Slatky (who puppeteers Alice the Snuffalupagus), Jim Martin (director of Sesame Street, and voice of Gary Gnu from the Great Space Coaster), and Kris Boban (animator at Animal, who worked on Yo Gabba Gabba). It was totally fun! Everyone had smart things to say, and they were all so nice!
Nyra likes him, and I can't say I don't like Jason Mraz, but I can never remember any of the songs after I hear them.
Knoebel's is an absolutely magical place. I was there twenty-five years ago, and was astonished to find it had a carousel where you could grab for a ring -- just iron ones, no brass ones, but still. On whim, I took the family there recently, expecting it to be greatly changed -- and I was shocked to find it was exactly the same! Even the carousel still let you grab rings but now, they put a brass one in the with the iron ones, and I ACTUALLY GRABBED THE BRASS ONE on my first try! It felt like some kind of weird destiny. Vortices of temporal waves were swirling around that moment, I could feel it.
Oh, yeah -- this is so totally happening. It's a strange book, because you have to read it in a kind of non-linear way, but that's a good thing, because you will have to formulate your treehouse plan non linearly. It's a really good book, with very clear, straightforward advice, inspirational pictures, and sample plans. We're totally going to do it this summer! Now if I can just figure out the tube slide...
A pleasing collection of reminiscences of childhood games from a bunch of famous people. It was nice how many of them are about the same things, and how childhood games don't seem to change much. Here's the formula: games that kids make up themselves, play only when parents aren't around, and involve an element of danger. I don't know why that's the formula, but it is, and there's magic in it.
Something about the Serenaders always makes me feel like I'm at home. I know it's not supposed to make a difference, but they just sound better on vinyl.
