Holiday Gift Guide: Music DVDs
The Christian Science Monitor
12/10/2007
Rock's most influential guitarists – Townshend, Clapton, Page, Beck, and, yes, Cobain – captured in their six-string glory in concert films on DVD. Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains the Same ($44.98)
At its best, "The Song Remains the Same" reaffirms why the faces of John Bonham, John Paul Jones, ...
Holiday Gift Guide: Family DVDs
The Christian Science Monitor
12/10/2007
From a look back at the Muppets to a series of short films from Pixar, we review the best family viewing of the year. Ratatouille ($29.99)
From Mickey Mouse to Alvin and the Chipmunks, rodents have proven natural entertainers. But few are as gifted as Remy, the blue rat with the supersensitive ...
2007 Holiday Gift Guide
The Christian Science Monitor
12/10/2007
December is a good month for the couchbound cinephile. As the wind – and the writer's strike – rages outside, we hide under the blankets, with a cup of hot chocolate and a teetering pile of shiny new DVDs. This year brings with it a particularly beguiling bounty: a collection of shorts from Pixar, ...
Holiday Gift Guide: Music box sets
The Christian Science Monitor
12/10/2007
If you're looking to give the gift of music, we have Stax to choose from, not to mention a four-disc bluegrass collection and an extras-laden reissue of U2's 'The Joshua Tree. Stax: 50th Anniversary Celebration ($19.98)
The Stax records story is nearly as stirring as the music on this 50-song ...
Knitting speaks louder than words
The Christian Science Monitor
12/5/2007, by Dawn Goldsmith
A few days ago a friend and knitting fanatic e-mailed me about a knitter who makes cupcakes for knitters and their knitting parties. She even offers easy-to-follow instructions. I'm not sure marzipan knitting will garner as wide an appeal as traditional yarn knitting, but checking out what people ...
Outdoor holiday decorating made easy
The Christian Science Monitor
12/5/2007, by David Martin
Christmas is the season of lights. Drive down any suburban residential street and every second house will feature an illuminated decoration of one kind or another. Some homeowners have a simple yet tasteful display of lights around the front window. Others decorate one or more trees in the front ...
Holiday wreaths weave family connections
The Christian Science Monitor
12/4/2007, by Stefanie Wass
"Make sure that the wreath is centered," I instructed my husband as we finished the last of our Christmas decorating. Looking around the house, I was proud of our day's work: stockings hung by the fireplace, colorful candles sat atop our mantel, and bright lights glittered on the tree. But nothing ...
Pomegranate
The Christian Science Monitor
12/4/2007, by Temple Cone
At first glance, a pomegranate
looks like it should burst
with monsoons of juice
the moment your teeth graze it,
or looks perhaps not like fruit at all
but a leathery Chinese lantern
in a restaurant run by immigrants
soon to be deported.
Yet you learn the pulpy rind
that ...
A hairy story
The Christian Science Monitor
10/17/2007, by Robert Klose
(The Christian Science Monitor) -- The cruelest thing a parent can do to a child is to have his hair cut. At least, this is how my son makes me feel when I implore, cajole, and all but haul him bodily to the barbershop. I realize, at root, that I should not be mustering the troops for a full ...
Kids' quiz: Within arm's reach
The Christian Science Monitor
10/17/2007, by Felice Prager
(The Christian Science Monitor) -- The answers to this quiz have no legs or bodies, but they all have an arm. Maybe you and a friend can take the quiz arm in arm. 1. If you don't want to be late for school or work, you must set this before you go to sleep. (2 words)
_ _ a r m _ _ _ _ _
2. If ...
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