Wordless Wednesday: Chalkin’ it up
Fact #1: Kids love to draw on chalk. Fact #2: It’s better to let them do so on your in-laws’ back porch than your own.
The American flag as protest art#
For more than half of the U.S. flag’s 234-year history, there was no official design – the arrangement and appearance of the stars was up to the maker. And that, says art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon, makes it an artwork in a way other nations’ flag are not.
Wordless Wednesday: Back seat wonderland
Who says there’s no good, clean fun to be had in the back of an automobile? Also, my kids are weird.
Cartoon music from the USSR#
So what were Soviet composers doing when they weren’t writing pieces toeing the line between harsh musical criticisms of the society around them and what was deemed artistically acceptable? Well, some of the time, they were scoring cartoons.
Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkin carving
There’s only one wholesome family activity that involves slicing something open and removing its innards. Well, for normal families, I suppose.
Wordless Wednesday: Hanging around
You can’t stop my three-year-old daughter. You can only hope to contain her.
Everyone loves “The Sound of Music”… except Austria#
It’s taken more than 50 years for the beloved musical to be performed live in Salzburg and the vast majority of Austrians have never seen it on the stage or screen. And they claim it’s not just because of lingering guilt about the whole Nazi thing.
Beware men wielding armadillos#
In a news article that pretty much confirms every negative stereotype of Texans, a woman was beaten with a frozen armadillo in an illicit parking lot meat transaction gone bad. Yes, you read that correctly.
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