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Black Entertainment History at the Academy Museum

Shereen Travels Cheap

While in Los Angeles last summer, we decided to spend half a day exploring the city before moving from our hotel at Universal Hollywood to our one in Anaheim. A piece that that speaks of the racial disparities during the Civil Rights era, by using denim, wood, and firehose. I included another piece of artwork in my last post.

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Going Green - CarbonShack's Premier Textiles

Motherhood Moments

While the fabric is imported, the resulting textiles are dyed and printed in the Los Angeles area at local workshops, with water-based dyes and inks, in a low-waste process. In fact, forget about how sustainable hemp is, just use it for its elegance.”

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Healthy Habits: Childhood Obesity and Nutrition

Motherhood Moments

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced last week their new guidelines for treating childhood obesity, that, in addition to lifestyle changes, includes the use of medications and surgery for children 12 years and older. Obesity is the most common chronic condition for children and adolescents, affecting 14.4

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Will Opposites Attract as Summer Warms Hearts and Minds? Author and Psychotherapist/Theologian Offers Unique Perspectives

Motherhood Moments

What's manifested in negative ways still uses ingredients of My eternal nature. Born in the Netherlands, Dr. Pieter Noomen worked as a psychotherapist and staff member at a Los Angeles church. “In every way human achievements are flawed; so perfection is not reachable. It energizes matter, spirit, things, nature and humans.

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Book Nook - Swamped

Motherhood Moments

the Wellses use their insider knowledge and crisp writing skills to bring the forbidding Great Atchafalaya alive. Hillary Wells (Ken’s niece) is a writer, comedian and producer who rose from the bayous of South Louisiana to the Los Angeles comedy scene. Ken Wells said in a recent interview. In Swamped!

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Book Nook - 101 Ways to Create Mindful Forgiveness

Motherhood Moments

Offering personal stories, priceless practical guidance, journal prompts and therapeutic tools to open the hearts of readers, 101 Ways to Create Mindful Forgiveness is an imminently useful guide for anyone seeking to embrace the power of forgiveness to forge a happier, healthier life.

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Guerrilla Gardening And Seed Bombing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Coined in 1973 by Liz Christy and her Green Guerrilla group in New York City, guerrilla gardening uses “seed grenades” as a way of introducing vegetation to empty lots in NYC in order to make the city look better. At the site, you can find a whole mess of tips for getting started, such as: Spot some local orphaned land.

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