Midori Snyder's Blog, page 68

Embroidery Inspirations: Illustrations of Carlos Merida

I was asked recently if I would put up some pictures of my embroidering -- and I plan on it, though my life is still in boxes due to having moved to much smaller digs over the last two years....

Basilisk Hunting in the 16th Century

"On the Trail of the Warsaw Basilisk" is the sort of unexpected article that gives answer to the age old question, "Where do you get your ideas?" A Smithsonian article provides a fascinating history of Basilisk sightings -- from antiquity...

Frida at My Fingertips

I know, I probably have a bit of a screw loose, but I want these, even though I would probably have to stop chewing my nails in order to get them long enough to show more than Frida's famous eyebrows!...

Adventures in Naplandia

"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four" -- Yogi Berra It is quite an age when even a napping dog acquires a tumblr account and the opportunity to wax philosophic on napping and eating kibble at...

Bikers Against Child Abuse

Bikers Against Child Abuse is an international organization with chapters all across the United States (as well Canada, Australia, and Europe). You can read an article on the Arizona chapter here and view the video above to see the kind...

Read This...Then Let's Talk

I am in a hurry today and want to post more on these two topics but it will have to wait another day. First up read Marly Youman's splendid and mythicaly off the charts collection of poems, The Throne of...

Jeanie Tomanek's Luminous Art

Here is new video of Jeanie Tomanek's beautiful art. I love the gentle beauty of these paintings, drawn from myth and fairy tale, from poetry and from the natural rhythms of nature. Her female figures are at once maternal, Demeters...

Esquire Magazine's Short Short Fiction Contest

Can you write a story in exactly 79 words? A short, compelling little bite of fiction? Then consider entering Esquire Magazine's short-short fiction contest to celebrate their 79th anniversary of publication. The rules and details can be found here. The...

Alfred Crowquill: Pantomime Sketches

BibliOdyessey has a wonderful post "Pantomime As It Was And Will Be," on a series of funny and charming sketches from the mid 19th century produced by author Charles Robert Forrester and his illustrator brother Alfred Henry, who were known...

The Book That Can't Wait: A Disappearing Act

Here is a fascinating new scheme by a Latin American publisher Eterna Cadencia (Honduras) to insure that new authors they publish are read. The concept involves an anthology of new authors, The Book That Can't Wait, published with an ink...