by Lisa Fernow | Aug 23, 2014 | Things I find funny and interesting
I enjoy trying to understand where fashion designers get their inspiration. How would you caption this shot? I vote for “The Knights Who Say Knee.”
by Lisa Fernow | Aug 18, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love
Bernadette Pajer writes a delightful electrically-themed mystery series featuring Benjamin Bradshaw, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. And #4 in the series – The Edison Effect – is coming out in September! I first ran...
by Lisa Fernow | Aug 9, 2014 | Dancers and Dances I Love, Tango World
I’m just now getting around to sharing this lovely video taken by Richard Escobedo at a master class taught by Susana Miller earlier this summer. Susana is considered one of the most important influences in tango, and it is always instructive and inspiring to...
by Lisa Fernow | Jul 31, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Things I find funny and interesting
In a stirring moment from Lord of the Rings, Aragorn, played by Viggo Mortensen (who really rocks in this scene, can I just say?), rallies his soldiers for battle with an incredible speech, reminiscent of Henry V. So it was inevitable that Robert Dugoni, bestselling...
by Lisa Fernow | Jul 22, 2014 | Dead on Her Feet - Behind the Scenes
Yes, you saw this here first – this is a camel mobile library, one of Clancy Tucker’s pictures from his blog on the various clever ways libraries reach out to their patrons. Storyteller, author, publisher, photographer, human rights activist, social...