![]() I’ve had to explain to my own kids about how our phones used to be attached to locations (“You mean you didn’t take them with you?!?”) and we used to have to change channels using a dial (“Wait, what about the remote?”). Though the math doesn’t quite add up unless Mom had Morgan at age 46 (and maybe she did, we don’t know for sure), it is quite a bit entertaining as a mom-reader. But in 2003, when it was in the movie theater and I took my niece to see it, I very much fangirled it.Īs the mom of teenage daughters, I’m as horrified as they are at the thought of body-switching.Īnything But Groovy, though, takes the body-switching to a different level than Freaky Friday: Daughter Morgan doesn’t just end up in her mom’s body, but she ends up in her mom’s time, as in 1974. It’s memorable in many ways, but to be honest, I’m not sure if, watching it now, I would laugh as hard or enjoy it as much. ![]() If you never watched Freaky Friday, it’s a 2003 movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsey Lohan. ![]() Anything But Groovy, by Amanda Lauer, is a YA novel that has me flashing back to the approximately 500 times I remember watching Freaky Friday. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If so desired, memorial donations may be made to the West Covehead Cemetery. For those wishing to attend virtually, the service will be live-streamed at Interment in West Covehead Cemetery. Resting at MacLean Funeral Home Swan Chapel from where the funeral will be held on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. He wrote two books on his family history, of which he was quite proud. His passion after retirement was genealogy, which he taught in community school. Predeceased by his parents Fred and Dorothy (Kulbaba) Lomatski.īorn in Winnipeg on February 27, 1945. Survived by brother Zane (Beverley) and his children Rachel and Krystina of Winnipeg, brother-in-law John (Shauna) and sisters-in-law Rhea (Carl) Doucette and Gloria (Scott) Hastie. Loving husband of Gail (nee MacLauchlan), father of Stephen (Samantha) and Mark (Allison) and Gigi of Artem, Sashia, Mila, and Anna. The death occurred suddenly at his late residence on Sunday, of Edward Terrance “Ted” Lomatski of Stratford, age 78 years. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is buried in a family grave at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France. Bauby died just ten days later of pneumonia. The book was published in France in 1997. To make dictation more efficient, Bauby had his interlocutor read from a special alphabet which consisted of the letters ordered in accordance with their frequency in the French language. ![]() Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and convey it one letter at a time. Bauby also lost 60 pounds in the first 20 weeks after his stroke.ĭespite his condition, he wrote the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome, a condition wherein the mental faculties are intact but the entire body is paralyzed. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless he could only blink his left eyelid. ![]() On Decemat the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. Jean-Dominique Bauby was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine, ELLE. ![]() ![]() King penned “A Testament of Hope” in 1968, only a few years removed from the Civil Rights and the Voting Rights Acts, during the Vietnam war and protests to he United States’ militarization, during “urban decay,” and during a time of overt white backlash to the progress of the past decade. Today, I want to look at some of King’s essay. ![]() As I read King’s essay, I could not help but think about this current moment and the importance of his words to us today in 2021. ![]() Preparing for our discussion, I read King’s “A Testament of Hope” which was published posthumously in Playboy in 1969. Smith Center to record an episode of “Dope with Lime.” We sat there, on the ground where Smith worked, on what would have been Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 92nd birthday and talked about King, Smith, and memory. ![]() Last Friday, I sat down with Marie Cochran, curator of the Affriclacian Artist Project, at the Lillian E. ![]() ![]() Add in the fact that I was throwing my head back against the headrest like a toddler having a tantrum and I'm sure I was getting more than a few looks from my fellow commuters last night. ![]() Nooooooooooooo! <- My exact reaction when the audiobook ended, although I think I need a few more ooooos. You must listen to Books 1 and 2 before listening to Alphas Like Us. The Like Us series is a true series, one continuous timeline, that follows a family of wealthy celebrities and the people that protect them. And with every breath, they promise that their love story won’t end here. Maximoff & Farrow will fight for their forever. But Maximoff is afraid - he’s afraid of the consequences that could destroy his boyfriend and his family.Ĭhanges are on the horizon. ![]() One that could uproot his unconventional world. ![]() And to regain the charity CEO position he lost, he agrees to a task that he’s always rejected. He’s confident that he could’ve never prepared for the storm to come. ![]() And as a protective boyfriend, he’s not here for the malicious hands that grab at their love life and seek to rip them apart. Everyone wants a piece of their relationship. Maverick, know-it-all bodyguard Farrow Keene knows publicly dating American royalty comes with a great cost. ![]() ![]() For nine and a half years, she wrote a column in The Village Voice and has written an advice column for Taboo Magazine since 1999.Īs the head of Smart Ass Productions, she directs and produces adult sex education and erotic films, including The Expert Guide series for Vivid Entertainment. She’s written for a multitude of publications from Yale Journal of Law and Feminism to Penthouse. She has edited 25 anthologies including The Ultimate Guide to Kink and the Lambda Literary Award winning series Best Lesbian Erotica. She is the author of seven books, including The Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation, The Big Book of Sex Toys, Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. ![]() ![]() Tristan Taormino is an award winning author, sex educator, speaker, and filmmaker. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am going to tell you up front that book #3 of the Hedgehog Hollow series is coming out and I can’t get a copy quick enough. Let me just start by saying I love this series. And soon he must decide if he’s ready to do the one thing he swore he’d never do – forgive his father.įor both Samantha and Josh it’s a season of change and for figuring out whether the past can ever truly be forgotten.Įscape back to wonderful Hedgehog Hollow with top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for the perfect uplifting read full of love, hope and forgiveness. But Josh has his own family troubles to deal with. But with an influx of new hogs and hoglets to take care of, not to mention a full-time job and ongoing family issues, can she accept the possibility that she has taken on more than she can handle?įortunately, she has the love of her life, Josh, by her side for support and encouragement. The sun is shining, wild flowers are blooming and Hedgehog Hollow is officially open for business.įor Samantha, the proud owner of this beautiful rescue centre, life has never been busier. With new arrivals comes new responsibilities… ![]() Rachels Random Resources presents New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by author Jessica Redland published JanuBlog Tourīrand new from the top 10 bestselling author of New Beginnings at Seaside Blooms and Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow. ![]() ![]() ![]() The writings help her to contact the Space Hopper, who becomes her guide and mentor through eleven dimensions. ![]() The journey begins when our heroine, Victoria Line, comes upon her great-great-grandfather A. ![]() Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland explores our present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time, and matter, as well as modern geometries and their applications. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. The brilliant "sequel" to one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. ![]() ![]() In each chapter Pastor Todd shows the reader different levels of faith that can help push our dreams, imaginations and promises into the season God has for us to prosper. “Crazy Faith,” was not written to convert you into a new religion or practice but solely to push you into new measures of faith.Īs a believer, I recommend this book to the hopeless, the faithless, the person dealing with loss, the desperate, the lonely heart, the broken hearted and the one who is trying to challenge their faith. He does as such through his unique writing style by creating a space for the reader to be true to themselves by exposing himself, family and ministry in ways that you can connect to. ![]() Pastor Mike Todd is known for connecting with various generations and meeting them at their level. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s the inside front cover above, complete with mummies, gruesome spectres, ghosts, a train chase, and - speaking of Sherlock Holmes - the words “The Game’s Afoot” scrawled on parchment (click for a bigger version). Many clamored for attention, but the one that practically jumped into my hands was The List of 7, by Mark Frost. They finally arrived today, carefully packed in tightly wrapped plastic, and I gently unwrapped them and settled in to examine my new treasures. Except that would probably dog ear the covers. Man, I could just lay these babies down on the floor and roll around in ’em. There’s even a beautiful copy of Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, which I’ve lusted after ever since Violette Malan teased me with the cover in her article on science fiction mysteries last month. Lewis, Clark Ashton Smith, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Bellairs, and half a dozen more. Merritt’s The Moon Pool a smattering of Ursula K. Including four early volumes from Neal Barrett, Jr three vintage Lovecraft collections (one of them The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath) both Ballantine volumes of William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land one of Lin Carter’s better fantasy collections, Imaginary Worlds A. Twenty-eight volumes in terrific shape, for less than twenty bucks. Seriously, click on that link and look at them. ![]() Just look at at all those gorgeous vintage paperbacks. Like this one, which I found online last week. ![]() |