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Laura Egley Taylor

Then a miracle occurs . . .

a long-ago foray into costume design

October 31st, 2008

concordeJust thought I’d do a visual documentation here of my favorite of Reeve’s Halloween costumes. He was 3 and hugely in love with airplanes. The only thing he wanted to be for Halloween that year—nothing else could possibly work—was the Concorde. The airplane. As in British Airways. As in super-fast and super-sleek.

So, since I don’t really sew and didn’t want the mess of papier maché, Reeve was transformed into a poster paper-clad version of that supersonic flying machine. Photo at right.

That Halloween night, he flew beautifully from house to house, trick or treating with the kids from the apartment downstairs. . . until it began to rain—thereby ending any possibility of transcontinental flight.

Wishing you and yours a happy, safe, and dry Halloween!

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in the library, with a camera

October 29th, 2008


Last week, when Mothering production maven Melyssa Holik was working on a catalog of the products we have available in the Mothering Shop, she realized she needed some photos of the new breastfeeding symbol Ts we sell. Not one to waste time, she immediately set about setting up a shoot in the library with web editor Kristina Morris-Heredia and her family, who were very obliging models. Here’s Mel photographing Kristina and her son, Diego.

Gotta love that “just do it” spirit. Go, Mel!

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truth in wordplay

October 24th, 2008

Ever notice how the word parent turns into the word parenthetical if you keep at it long enough?

That’s the parental goal, right? To teach and empower and be there so that, as the child grows, we become less and less the subject or object of his or her sentence, more and more a supporting clause . . .

(Photo of Reeve earlier this year, with his dad, Tim, receding into the background.)

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intelligent design

October 21st, 2008

thinking-with-typeDid I mention we’re in a swirl of redesign action over here at Mothering? Yes, indeed. Both the magazine and the website are getting makeovers, and in my pursuit of new design input, I recently came across an exciting find: Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. This beautiful foray into the world of typography is a delight to pore over, chock-full of typographical tips, informative examples of design principles put into practice, and info about the historical and cultural contexts for the development of type.

The fun-to-read appendix includes a section called “Free Advice.” Here’s a sample:

Think more, design less. Many desperate acts of design (drop shadows, gradients and the gratuitous use of transparency) are committed in the void left by a strong concept.

Make the shoe fit, not the foot. Rather than force content into rigid containers, create systems that are flexible and responsive to the material they are intended to accommodate.

Check out the Thinking with Type website for a peek at what the book offers, as well as some fun and edifying games and projects, all in the name of learning how to be a more intelligent designer.

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recipes?

October 19th, 2008

Um, no. Here’s a visual hint as to why you won’t be getting recipes from this blog. Our fridge at home. (Anybody want to take a stab at a recipe that calls for milk, lemonade, Red Bull, and Omega 3 fatty acid capsules?)

For a variety of nutritious and tasty recipes, however, check out Peggy’s Kitchen online or in the pages of Mothering. You will also find some quick and easy dishes to try at Mothering articles editor Candace Walsh‘s yummy, breezy blog.

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aromatherapy

October 17th, 2008

aromatherapyThe sea of dry leaves right outside our office door—coupled with a day like today, with a high around 70 and the door wide open. . .

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a word with the bird

October 16th, 2008

talking-with-reeve1Lovely conversation with Reeve this afternoon. Here’s a shot (or, more  technically, a webcam screen capture) of us blithely chatting across seven time zones. An amazing world we live in. . .

Is it just me, or do we look like an ad for a radio show?

Note to anyone about to do the long-distance parenting thing: computer-to-computer talking via programs like iChat or Skype is a must. And it’s FREE.

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sleeping through the night

October 15th, 2008

That stuff they tell you about how one of these days your baby (and by extension, YOU) will sleep through the night, and you’ll be back to your normal routine from then on, sleeping all night every night? It’s a big fat lie.

Even now, more than 18 years since Reeve first slept through the night, he manages to keep me awake. And from thousands of miles away.

Since he left for Scotland at the end of September, I’ve found myself awake when I should be sleeping. Often. Late nights and early mornings. Talking with him via phone or Skype, emailing, Facebooking, or simply lying there in the dark, wondering or worrying or remembering . . .

Oh, well. At least the potty-training stuck.

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the things he’s learning. . .

October 15th, 2008

Not to ridicule my music school “freshie” newly out on his own, but I just got an urgent phone call from Glasgow: “Quick question, Mom: Will it hurt clothes to wash them in the washing machine without soap?”

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photos to drool over

October 15th, 2008

While we were finalizing the November-December issue last week, fellow staffers salivated over page proofs for the latest Peggy’s Kitchen article on . . . cupcakes.

For a couple of years now, we’ve been privileged to work with food photographer Brian Yarvin for our Peggy’s Kitchen pieces. Brian whips up the recipes we want to see—after going out himself to select the necessary ingredients, utensils, equipment, dinnerware—and then photographs them. Diversely talented and seemingly undaunted, Brian has done all kinds of things for us, from boiling bones to baking cakes to making holiday pork roasts . . .

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