Show features music and writer's memories of holidays past SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Thinking back over her memories of Christmas, Maya Angelou recalls the aroma in her family's store in Stamps, Ark.
By Eileen Kalinowski Karen Chamberlain, author of "Desert of the Heart: Sojourn in a Community of Solitudes," was born in Avon, Conn., but knew she was destined to call the West home the first time she saw the snowcapped Rocky Mountains in pictures.
Read to Grow, a statewide nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and provides books to children, will welcome actor and best-selling author Alan Alda at a luncheon at noon Sept. 7 at the Hilton Hartford Hotel. Co-host of the event is Citizens Bank.
WASHOUGAL -- This city's rich history is filled with extraordinary tales of ordinary people. Richenda Fairhurst is sharing them with her neighbors in a new book. Fairhurst's book, "Images of America: Washougal," was published by Arcadia Publishing, a South Carolina company that has also published history books on downtown Vancouver and Pearson Field.
If you want to see handmade clay pots, glass vases, silver jewelry and wooden sculpture on Deer Isle, a community known for its dense population of craft artists, you can follow a well-worn trail of galleries and shops. But what if you wanted to read the work of the many writers who live year-round or seasonally on Deer Isle? A new literary journal of work by two writing groups on the island now makes it possible to do just that. "Eggemoggin Reach Review," an anthology of prose and poetry by members of the Deer Isle Writers' Group and the Eggemoggin Writers' Collaborative, is for sale for $14.95 in many of the same island galleries that feature crafts. It is also available by mail order and at area stores such as The Grasshopper Shop in Ellsworth, Stonington and Bangor, and Borders Book...
Larry Brown: A Writer's Life By Jean W. Cash
A few weeks ago, we received some product samples from MAC Cosmetics for the summer season. Three of us decided to test a few of the products and share our findings to help readers as they shop for makeup this season. I was one of the testers, along with food writer Lindsey Nair and features editor Kathy Lu. In doing this review, we learned that our makeup comes from a variety of places, and we all have different preferences.
It's hard to believe it was ever a tough task to convince athletes and celebrities to appear on ESPN-TV's now-famous "This is SportsCenter" promotional ads. These days, an appearance in a long-running commercial campaign is considered not only a mark of achievement but also validation of someone's status as a bona fide sports star.
Ted Allen symbolizes a problem many consumers face: What type of kitchen knives to buy? What will win - the exciting newness, for Westerners, of the Asian models, or the traditional comforts of the European-style knife? Or are there knives that incorporate features from both? One of Allen's Facebook pages features the cookbook author, food writer and host of TV's "Chopped" brandishing a big Japanese blade alongside his nose. It is a knife by Shun (pronounced "Shoon"). The brand has done more to popularize Asian cutlery in the North American market since the blunt-nosed santoku knife took the Food Network by storm a few years ago.
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