the big book of Penises

 

 

I went into a charming little independent book store with my daughters recently just to browse and think about how many books there are in the world and so little time to read them all.

There is a vibe in a good bookstore that is remarkably romantic and I just love to go in them and soak that up.

Lovely quirky woman behind the cash begins to talk to us.

Suddenly the chair rail behind and above her head,that housed many featured books, somehow threw the largest book off and it fell on her head.

This was a very heavy, glossy coffee table book.

It almost knocked her out.

It was called The BIG book of Penises.

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the whole earth

self portrait art studio for children

 

 

I LOVE LOVE love doing self portraits with really little ones. I did almost 70 last week at a beautiful little school. I couldn’t stop thinking that the world would be perfect if it could just run like these amazing Kindergarten classes. They are beautifully run little communities, everyone sharing, caring and respectful of one another. Huge learning, loads of humour and I could have eaten these little people they were so cute.

It was quite something.

I get to interview them before they begin – “What is so special about you?”

and they say the best stuff and it is not called boastful or immodest or rude. It is called the truth.

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quiet

 

This is the name of a  book on introverts by Susan Cain

apparently  30-50% of the population are self-proclaimed introverts.

The rest of us are just trying to figure out who we are
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