RIF celebrates 50 years of inspiring kids to read! Share your story and join in the fun. #RIF50http://thndr.me/iqWi1J
Posted on Wednesday, September 14th 2016
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973): Enfants dans le jardin du Luxembourg, 1901. Oil on paper laid down on panel, 12-5/8 x 15-¾ inches (32 x 40 cm). Private Collection.
Exhibition: “Picasso.mania”
October 7, 2015 — February 29, 2016
RMN Grand Palais, Paris
Posted on Saturday, January 9th 2016
Always a thrill when in the @librarycongress to stop in and see this piano on which two of my favorite musicians played…George and Ira Gershwin. I can hear the Gershwin records my piano teacher in Stuttgart, Mrs. Barris, played for me.
Posted on Friday, January 8th 2016
Following a beautiful tribute by Kate to the third Ambassador, Walter Dean Myers, the new Ambassador - Gene Lang - was announced…he WOWed us and challenged all to “Read Without Walls.”
Posted on Thursday, January 7th 2016
Delighted to be at the @library_of_congress for the inaugural of the New Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Filled room which is quite gratifying!
Posted on Thursday, January 7th 2016
No snow here but sure cold enough for a snow person to be quite happy! 26 degrees at the moment. Brrrrrrr….
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th 2016
Bei Bei is truly worn out from his inaugural meeting with the press this week. A bed of bamboo is just what he needed after ALL those questions!
Posted on Friday, December 18th 2015
By Anyes Kadowaki Busby
18th Century Wintergreen Gown at The Dusty Victorian.
To see the making of it go to:http://thedustyvictorian.blogspot.ca
Posted on Friday, December 18th 2015
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, “The King and I” and “The Catcher in the Rye”
Eisenhower, vaccine, England’s got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
Posted on Friday, December 18th 2015