Hi everyone- this review is from the archives, but I am bringing it back today because PBS is airing a 3 part documentary on the book, Emperor of All Maladies starting Monday night. This books goes into tremendous detail about the history of cancer. The Emperor of all Maladies PBS special presents a documentary and snapshot of where we have [Read more…]
New Year’s Eve with a vacuum, laundry and Brooke Shields!
Happy New Year! Anyone recovering from too much happy? My {first} husband and I found ourselves flying solo new year’s eve when we our kids were going to be at sleepovers. So at 11:40pm, after a quiet dinner out with friends, I vacuumed the stairs, washed a load of Christmas towels (yes, I am that mom) and ran the dishwasher. Oh, [Read more…]
Dyslexia and Clues We Missed
Dyslexia & Clues We Missed Reposting for the new school year. Some of my most heartfelt posts are the ones written about my son’s diagnosis of dyslexia when he was in kindergarten. There are so many misconceptions and fears about a suspected dyslexia diagnosis. I was asked by one reader what signs or clues our [Read more…]
School Summer Reading
THROWBACK THURSDAY POST: This is how my son’s June 1st deadline to BEGIN READING the book, “Diary of Anne Frank” started. “Mom, I think you bought the wrong book.” Me: “Why do you say that?” Son: “Because every page every page has a date on it and it’s the wrong date.” Lord, help me! After explaining [Read more…]
Dean Karnazes the ultramarathon man and his latest challenge
~dean karnazes ultramarathon man~ Dean Karnazes also known as ultra marathon man and his latest challenge: to run across the country to educate Americans about obesity. Karnazes will average 40-50 miles a day to finish in New York City and complete approximately 3100 miles. His run is being followed by “Live with Regis and Kelly.” His new book “RUN: 26.2 [Read more…]
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
I don’t read as often as I would like should. Usually I will start a book on the New York Times Bestsellers list and then I get my weekly issue of People and get lost for 28 minutes with useless information. And, then I can’t seem to get back to the book. FYI.. the People subscription is an [Read more…]
