
Great thanks to the Summit County Library for their review and recommendation of Guardians of Being, Patrick McDonnell’s and Eckhart Tolle’s recent collaboration.

Great thanks to the Summit County Library for their review and recommendation of Guardians of Being, Patrick McDonnell’s and Eckhart Tolle’s recent collaboration.
Huffington Post blogger and children’s lit expert Pam Allyn has put Patrick McDonnell’s The Gift of Nothing at the beginning of her list of “top recommendations for bedtime reading for all ages for the year 2010.” Allyn puts Patrick in her pantheon of “great authors who, honoring the mysterious yet profound world of childhood, steer us toward peace and community, and the promise of hope in the morning.”
In Pam's words,
“Mooch so wants to give his friend Earl a special gift, but Earl has everything. When Mooch realizes what Earl really wants is nothing, he goes about giving him nothing in a new and wonderful way. What you end with: Mooch and Earl’s simple yet joyous embrace.”
Thank you for your recommendation of The Gift of Nothing, Pam!


The National Cartoonists Society is rallying around the Hodge family. Tim Hodge is an animation artist who has worked on storyboards for Disney, and directed Veggie Tales projects. His teenage son Matthew, an A student and a drummer in his Tennessee high school championship marching band, was in an auto accident in August, 2009, and has been in a coma ever since.

This Saturday, January 23, is Yoga Day USA! This site lets you know where you can try a free workshop or get involved.Join thousands across the country for Yoga Day USA, a history-making celebration where yogis, novices, couch potatoes and triathletes, young, old and everyone in between join together to stretch mind, body and spirit through the practice of yoga. In the spirit of karma yoga, or service to others, all Yoga Day USA classes and workshops are free — or nearly free. The brainchild of the Yoga Alliance, this powerful annual event is held in yoga studios, parks, beaches and private homes throughout the US.Of course, you can always contribute to the spirit of it all by doing a little downward dog right in your living room.