As the year winds down and the holidays approach, I thought it time to offer a list of 2011’s best books for young readers. The selections range from child to teen and include books that I fell in love with and books my kids fell in love with. Some made major Top 10 lists andContinue reading “Top 10 books for kids and teens 2011”
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Not-For-Parents Travel Series
Back in August, I was over-consumed with planning a trip to San Francisco for my family. I had traveled to San Fran a few times before, but never with kids. I went online and searched for anything and everything kid-friendly: hotels, attractions, restaurants, etc. I read reviews, compared Top 10 lists, checked what parents hadContinue reading “Not-For-Parents Travel Series”
DIY Delight
I just received a copy of DIY Furniture: A step-by-step guide by Christopher Stuart from Raincoast Books. I remain in awe of people who see potential and beauty in the oddest things, like black plastic water pipe (newspaper table), rubber doormats (poltrona armchair) and styrofoam (sedia e sgabello chair). While all the projects are worthContinue reading “DIY Delight”
Packaging Your Imagination
Like many journalists, I dream of writing fiction. I have notebooks filled with ideas, dialogue and even entire stories waiting to be turned into something for public consumption. I have an almost finished police drama that I have been “editing” for a decade and a completed children’s book that came to me after an incidentContinue reading “Packaging Your Imagination”
Heather Camlot 