Health, Fitness and Style
Wedding Traditions from Victoria to Diana
Lt. Matt Luoma sent his wife Lillian a nylon parachute from France during WWII. In April 1945, Lillian entered the Fifth National Sewing contest sponsored by the Cleveland Press, and won first prize in the Victory Group for this negligee and gown made for a belated honeymoon. The design incorporates the original parachute seaming in the skirt of the negligee. more »
It's a Gray Area, Part II
Roberta McReynolds writes: One section of the aisle was devoted to ending the ‘brassiness’ problem. I didn’t even know what brassiness was before walking into the store. Now I stood the risk of losing sleep over the fear my hair might look like an alloy… more »
Book Reviews: Mother Warriors and Cancer; 50 Essential Things to Do
Mother Warriors
by Jenny McCarthy, © 2008
Plume Books/Penguin Group
Paperback: 217 pp plus 27 pp of resources
If you know anyone with a child who has received a diagnosis of autism, information about this little book, along with the author’s earli… more »
Music and the Brain
“In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.”
George Szell
The Library of Congress presents a series and section labeled as Music and the Brain. Lectures, conversations and symposia focus on the recognition of research combin… more »
