fabulous reader photo from the current issue, that is.
This shot of Kenann Thompson, of Takoma Park, Maryland, was taken while she was exploring a cave in Barbados while wearing her two-year-old daughter in a baby carrier on her back.

The quality of photos sent in by readers with their letters to the editor seems to have improved markedly over the last few years.
Here’s a stunning shot from the new November-December issue of reader Erin Riggio, of Tacoma, Washington, taken by her brother in Assisi, Italy, as she was breastfeeding her son.
Tags: Assisi, breastfeeding, issue 157, Italy, letters, Nov, November-December 2009
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Our new November-December issue includes a very exciting article by Diana Lynn about intuition: how to raise one’s child in a way that supports the development of his or her intuitive sense.
The article lists some websites with exercises designed to hone intuition. Ad production manager/ staff photographer/web design maven Melyssa Holik and I found this fact very exciting. But, under deadline at the time, we promised ourselves we’d visit the sites later. Meanwhile, Mel said, let’s just practice with simple stuff: “What number am I thinking of? between 1 and 10?”
“7,” I responded without thinking.
“Right.”
“OK, what number am I thinking of?” I asked her in turn.
“3?”
“Yep.”
We both went back to work. (We’re still planning to visit those intuition-training sites, one of these days.)
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Tags: intuition, issue 157, melyssa holik, November-December 2009
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November 1. New month, new issue of the magazine on the stands—and not just any issue: our annual review of natural toys. Which means, of course, that the holidays are very soon comin’ down the pike. . .
Shot by NYC/Toronoto photographer Lise Varrette, our new cover photo features a cutie from Toronto named Harmony, holding her beloved Sophie the Giraffe.
When Lise first showed me this photo, I said “Very nice, but we can’t have a plastic toy on the cover!”
Which shows how out of touch I am: Sophie, who has been around since 1961, is NOT made of plastic. Sophie is made of “100% natural rubber derived from the sap of the Hevea Tree;” her color comes from food-quality paint. Get the full story here.
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Tags: giraffe, issue 157, Lise Varrette, November-December 2009, Sophie
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I usually try not to divulge the contents of an upcoming issue til it hits the stands. But can’t resist posting a hint or two about a fun new feature in our upcoming November-December magazine.
Hint #1: Illustrations at right.
Hint #2: Everything old is new again! No, I’m not old enough to remember these, but I’m really fond of magazines from the 1950s. . .
On the stands November 1, or you can preorder here.
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Illustrations by Melyssa Holik.
Tags: issue 157, melyssa holik, November-December 2009, paper dolls
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