Thank you Sarah Adams-Kiddy, founder of this blog, for sighting these beautiful minimalist fairy tale photos. They are the work of Christian Jackson who, from the bio on his website,… [read full post]
Minimalist Fairy Tale Art
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: July 2011
Happy 60th Anniversary of Disney’s 1951 Alice in Wonderland!
Enough Un-Anniversaries, July 28th is actually the day Disney’s Alice in Wonderland was released in 1951. To celebrate properly, we’ll re-post from reigning expert Matt Crandall’s excellent Disney Alice blog,… [read full post]
New Scientist: “Some words really do evoke Humpty’s ‘handsome’ rotundity.”
Linguists have been ruminating on Humpy Dumpty’s theories for over a century. Now, his discussion about words’ meaning is being used by scientists in conjunction with new studies about an… [read full post]
Galumphing? It’s a perfectly cromulent word
Children’s author Lil Chase compiled a list of her favorite made-up words in the Guardian today. What’s interesting is how many of the words, invented fancifully by literary wordsmiths, have… [read full post]
New LCSNA Martin Gardner Tribute Book Just Released!
Callooh! Callay!! We are delighted to announce that the LCSNA has just published a frabjous new book paying tribute to the late, great Martin Gardner–columnist, philosopher, polymath, magician, religious thinker, and author… [read full post]
Theater Simple stages interactive Wonderland in parks around Seattle
This Lewis Carroll-inspired theater installation seems interesting for its interactive aspects and impressive scope. It’s happening in different parks around Seattle during weekends in July and August: today at 4pm… [read full post]
Rethinking Maps: “…Without the least vestige of land”
How do you like front cover for the new paperback edition of Rethinking Maps: New Frontiers in Cartographic Theory? (Routledge, $44.95, greatly reduced from the $150.00 hardcover edition.) It pays homage… [read full post]
Extremely Abbreviated Wonderlands; or, Which side of the mushroom will make Alice only 38 words long?
Clare Imholtz reports, with a mini review for a mini book: Dalmation Press has published a new Disney Alice in Wonderland for children aged 2–4, perhaps, as Dodgson wished for… [read full post]
Gillian Welch sings “White Rabbit” on NPR
The great country revival duo, Gillian Welch (with Dave Rawlings), released their first album in almost a decade, The Harrow & the Harvest. (It’s really good.) They went on Fresh… [read full post]
Pull up a tea cup stool
Is it beautiful? Maybe. Does it add sophistication and charm to your home? Probably not. Do we like it anyway? Yes! Tea party on! The tea cup stool is sold… [read full post]