Have you already discovered the painful joy that is Lynda Barry? She is a cartoonist, a graphic novelist, a poet, an illustrator. She is a communicator of big and complicated thoughts in deceptively short and simple packages. I love her.
Her most recent book is What It Is. And what IS it? […]

Reader Stephanie has a lovely Etsy shop you should take a look at. She’s got some really nice pieces of sewn art featuring bright, colorful birds that would make a sweet addition to a nursery. I’m partial to this piece, and this one seems particularly charming for a little girl’s room.
Awesomely, she’s offering a discount […]

If you have an Etsy shop, or a blog, or any business you want to advertise on the cheap, I recommend trying an ad on Facebook. As an experiment, I made an ad to advertise my baby names blog. It’s easy to do: if you have a Facebook account, you’ll see an […]

Here’s a grooming tip for anyone who might be like me in that you occasionally — well, okay, frequently — finds yourself verging on obsessive behavior when it comes to eyebrows, such as peering at yourself in a compact mirror several times a day, muttering damn! under your breath, then smoothing your noncompliant brow hairs […]

In my experience, people either really like vellux or they really don’t. Admittedly, this is limited experience I am speaking from: it is not as if I go around questioning all my friends on the topic. In fact, I think what I am working from here is that I really like vellux, […]