Celebrity Seattle Librarian (what a great phrase!) Nancy Pearl will grace our shores on Wednesday, Dec. 15th at Wallingford's own Wide World Books and Maps at 7 PM to do a reading of Book Lust to Go. 20% of proceeds from all shop sales from 6 PM to close that night will be donated to Solid Ground. According to Wendy Platt of Wide World, Nancy is "a self-proclaimed reluctant traveler" so the recommendations in Book Lust to Go are for both…
"There is a word for this but I can't remember it, a word for the sky in balance . . ." "As Light As Dark", Megan Snyder-Camp Did you realize there is a secret conclave of poets in Wallingford? The fact that we have one of only two all-poetry bookstores in the nation ought to clue you in, but I actually met one the other night in the Tangletown Pub who revealed they meet there occasionally to talk about their work…
Ask any adoptive parent, and they will tell you that discussing adoption with their children doesn’t happen in merely one, full-length conversation that’s planned in advance, and then executed and crossed off a list. Rather, it’s a lifelong dialog that begins from the moment parents adopt a child, and continues through a series of spontaneous questions and answers. Some adoptive parents, like Wallingford neighbor Lauren Goldman Marshall, create picture books for their young children to help explain how they became a…
And, now, ladies and gentlemen . . . drumroll, please! Tonight's Top Ten List is the winners of the Wallyhood Pet Motto Contest! Because we enjoyed so many of them, Rita has awarded Honorable Mentions in the following ten categories (in no particular order), with prizes going to First Place and Runner Up: Most canine-centric: My little canine scruffball's (Rosie) motto is: "Now that you are paying for pet insurance, you have assured that nothing will happen to me." - Karen. …
Erica Bauermeister, long-time Wallingford resident and the author of the novel The School of Essential Ingredients, took a break from her book tour and writing recently to meet us at the Mosaic Coffeehouse. She shared not only some of her insights into writing, but also some of the spots around Wallingford that inspired her. Wallyhood: Thanks so much for taking time from your book tour. Sounds like it's been hectic. Erica Baumeister: It has been a lot of fun and a…
Portland-based author Elizabeth Grossman will be speaking at the Good Shepherd Center this coming Monday, March 8th about her book, Chasing Molecules. From her web site: Grossman is an eloquent scientific muckraker, outing the truth about commonly used hazardous chemicals that are leaching out of everything from plastic bottles to children's toys and infiltrating the biosphere and our bodies to deleterious effect...Grossman profiles the worst offenders, including bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, but she also portrays the good guys who are…
Doug Schuler and his co-authors will be reading from their book Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (and chatting about related topics) at Not A Number (1904 N 4th St) this Thursday, Sept 24 from 6 - 8 pm. We'll be honest, we can't really explain what it's all about, so we're going to resort to quoting verbatim from the the book's web site: We are now in the 7th year of a 12-year project to help understand, motivate…