Grandpa rarely phones. When he does, he doesn’t ask to speak to me. I know long distance is expensive. Sometimes my mother sends secret money and there is always a few hundred on Christmases and birthdays. He said the money saves him when he gets behind. He calls her “Mary Quite Contrary.” She calls him “Daddy.” He rarely saw her after his wife caught him with a woman in a Boston bar a week after Mary Quite Contrary’s tenth birthday.Grandpa rarely phones. When he does, he doesn’t … [Read more...]
by on March 14, 2013
Horton Line Drawing – Fine Art – Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
All artwork comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from Animazing Gallery Please inquire about custom framing for this piece You won't find this piece in the Secret Art of Dr. Seuss book because it was unveiled for the 100th birthday of Dr. Seuss at the museum tour! 15" x 21" Gicl?À_e on paper Edition size: 850 Rating: List Price: Price: … [Read more...]
by on February 20, 2013
Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.
Share the shame.In the days before blogs, teenagers recorded their lives with a pen in top-secret notebooks, usually emblazoned with an earnest, underlined plea to parents to keep away. Since 2002, David Nadelberg has tapped that vast wellspring of adolescent anguish in the stage show Mortified, in which grown men and women confront their past with firsthand tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they … [Read more...]
by on October 25, 2012
The Underland Chronicles #4: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Follow Gregor in the next highly anticipated adventure in Suzanne Collins' masterful Underland Chronicles!It's only a few months since Gregor and Boots returned from the Underland, leaving their mother behind to heal from the plague. Though Gregor's family receives frequent updates on her condition, they all know Gregor must return to fulfill his role as the warrior who is key to the Underlanders' survival. Accompanied by his now-talkative little sister Boots, still considered the honorary … [Read more...]
by on October 8, 2012
Gregor And The Marks Of Secret (Underland Chronicles, Book 4)
Follow Gregor in the next highly anticipated adventure in Suzanne Collins' masterful Underland Chronicles!It's only a few months since Gregor and Boots returned from the Underland, leaving their mother behind to heal from the plague. Though Gregor's family receives frequent updates on her condition, they all know Gregor must return to fulfill his role as the warrior who is key to the Underlanders' survival. Accompanied by his now-talkative little sister Boots, still considered the honorary … [Read more...]
