Sightings
Helen Frankenthaler: "For me, being a 'lady painter' was never an issue. I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint."
"A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image. For my own work, when a picture looks labored and overworked, and you can read in it — well, she did this and then she did that, and then she did that — there is something in it that has not got to do with beautiful art to me." more »
Health and Fitness: Staying Active In All Seasons and Without Spending a Dime
Go4Life exercises are designed to be done safely at home without special equipment or clothing. There's a free book as well as an exercise DVD available. Workout to Go, a mini exercise guide, shows you how you can be active anytime, anywhere.
Staying Motivated to Stay Active Be Physically Active without Spending a Dime Have Fun! Be Active with your Dog!
These are just a few of the tips sheets that adults 50 and older can read on theGo4Life website. Go4Life tip sh… more »
Holidays at the White House (time lapse video)
Behind-the-Scenes Look: In 2011, more than 400 volunteers came together to help decorate the White House and assist with celebrations; Medals, badges, and patches from all of the military branches are displayed on ornaments on the tree in the Blue Room more »
Canine Connections, Atop a Yosemite waterfall or Peering From a Wicker Carriage
A new book from the University of California, Berkeley’s Bancroft Library gives fresh meaning to the term 'dog days' by celebrating the powerful connections between people and their canine companions. A cat version of "Everyday Dogs" already is in the works more »
