Midori Snyder's Blog, page 81

The People With Long Eyes

I am very fortunate to be neighbors with a house brimming with Jesuit Vatican Astronomers who do work in both Italy and in Tucson (at the Graham Observatory). They are amazing scientists, priests, educators, and great talkers! As part of...

Another Magpie Moment: My Father in The Seattle Sunday Times, 1962

Cousin Earl was hunting down information in the Seattle Times following a lead about my maternal grandfather Pierre Ménager, when he came across an article on my father! Emile taught French lessons on the local Educational T.V. Oh, and what...

Magpie Blogging

Making the rounds these days in a "moveable feast" are posts from fellow authors and artists** on why they blog (with a universal plea for someone to coin a more elegant word for what we all do). So I thought...

The Airy Fairy Cake Cookbook

Here's a 1932 cookbook from Airy Fairy Cake Flour in Minnesota. While originally, there were no fairies pictured...there should have been. So I have taken the liberty and added a fairy queen and cooks to the otherwise plain orange cover....because...

Hannah Comes Home and I Encounter Svetla Dorosheva

I received my reversion of rights letter on Saturday for my young adult novel Hannah's Garden and am now very excited. I have sent to this place, to have the novel returned into a file that I use to upload...

Dragon and Peony: Taichi Saotome

Have a look at this breathtaking film of Taichi Saotome in a special New Year Performance of Dragon and Peony -- a Sword Dance with Shadowgraph. (special thanks to Sij).

Benjamin Lacombe: The Pop Up Book

This is a dual post -- one to recommend the gorgeous work of French children's book illustrator and author Benjamin Lacombe, and secondly to marvel at an author who knows how to promote a beautiful book in a short film....

Arms Out: Mel Kadel at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Anyone out in the L.A, area should make a point of stopping by to see Mel Kadel's gorgeous work "Arms Out" at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery (show runs from February 5 -- March 5th). I love these drawings with their...

Taxes!

Tax time and a million slips of paper all over the kitchen table. Should return soon when the sorting is over. *Art: Paul Vos, The Tax Collector, 1543

Guest Appearance at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles' Fairytale Reflections: The Monkey Girl

I would like to thank Katherine Langrish, young adult author and literature blogger supreme (Seven Miles of Steel Thistles), for inviting me to participate in her Fairytale Reflections Series -- a collection of wonderful posts on fantasy authors, their work,...