this portrait of a baby is a portrait of my soul
Hathaway reads a good Parker
Urban Ghosts is also interesting. Who doesn’t like hidden history?
Atlas Obscura is an interesting place to poke around
Tomorrow it is time to be reunited with my TV Dream Friends
“Henry the 5th
This Prince after he succeeded to the throne grew quite reformed and amiable, forsaking all his dissipated Companions, & never thrashing Sir William again. During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for. His Majesty then turned his thoughts to France, where he went & fought the famous Battle of Agincourt. He afterwards married the King’s daughter Catherine, a very agreeable Woman by Shakespear’s account. Inspite of all this however, he died, and was succeeded by his son Henry.”
15 year old Jane writes English History. A reader sent me this one, it’s really great. Click through the image.
Charlottetown’s big anniversary is coming up! The 150th anniversary of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, that is. That means there is a whole lot of celebrating Canadian Confederation history this year, in the nation’s wee-ist province. Fitting for “the Cradle of Confederation.”
Jeff Alward is running a blog about creating a graphic novel for the occasion! You can follow it here, and even if this piece of history isn’t what will keep you there, having an inside look at the making of an ambitious graphic novel should.
Meet Mia Kish, the hero of The Well’s End, a brand new young-adult novel from debut author Seth Fishman which comes out next February. We’ve got the exclusive cover reveal, plus one more illustration by Hark! A Vagrant creator Kate Beaton that shows the whole cast. Here’s the full version of the Kate Beaton artwork above, showing Mia, in the moment before she breaks a hole in an iced-over lake and swims through it. (via Exclusive Look at Kate Beaton’s Illustrations for a Brand New YA Novel)
This book is on the shelves today!
Check it out out outtt
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“Hello, Baby Animals!” is an ipad game for wee ones developed by my good friends at Shortstack!
Help adorable baby animals do things like look for their socks, play guitar, wake up, jump over logs, try on wigs, etc. Click the link for a free version in the app store–you can upgrade from there if you like it! Please help me spread the word!
(Source: itunes.apple.com)
to be more precise, dogs and Cool Guys
A little more Paul Burke folk art for you. Are you nostalgic for the winter olympics yet? Are you?
are you
Well there I was with my wheelbarrow of enormous fish, and this mermaid lady just got all up in my face out of nowhere, and I was like, “aren’t you supposed to be seducing me or something, isn’t that what mermaids do,” and she was like, “nah, I just sit on this rock and talk shit all day.” Then she waggled her finger and made a rude gesture and even though I’m just a regular joe with a wheelbarrow of enormous fish, I thought it was pretty out of line.
(See some of Paul Burke’s folk art here)
Him Creations by Shima Itabashi are just the most adorable things I cannot get enough of, ever since I saw them at a Toronto craft market. A new online store is coming soon so keep an eye on her!
Gahh, it’s all too cute
(Source: facebook.com)