Some People

"Some people seem to specialize
In doing thoughtful deeds.
Before you ask, they understand
Your problems and your needs.
They help because they want to,
They find joy in being kind,
And making others happy
Is the first thing on their minds.
They make this world a better place
By practicing the art
Of reaching out to others
And by going... from the heart."
Amanda Bradley

Are All your Books are About History of Fashion Accessories?

People ask me, if all my books are about history of fashion accessories? Yes, the books entitled "Socks: History and Present," "Gloves: History and Present," and "Dairy of the Handkerchief" are from the History of Fashion Accessories series. Soon is coming up a new book within this series entitled "The Chronology of Hats in Enjoyable Quotations."

Also there is a book that stands out among other, because it is written about burlap and jute. The book is about history of textile and is entitle "About Being able to Look GOOD in a Burlap Sack." The burlap applications are various, and it used even on the high-end fashion. The qualities of the fabric, it texture, and affordability are all great elements that attract the users to mix the old and new, the bold and bright colors, etc.

Shhhhh! The secret is out: the next book is about history and present of hats.

Red Hearts in February

JaNEWary past very fast, and we are already in February. There are many red hearts in February. Love and health of the human hearts are essential in February. What is a heart? From medical perspective a blood pump, "the viscus of cardiac muscle that maintains the circulation of blood." There are people with big hearts and great souls, and they are our role models that making our lives meaningful and pleasant. Also, there are people that called heartless, people without a heart, or people who have hearts from steel. As usual they are associated with mean, selfish people, who do not care about others. But once a year, we the people with red hearts have a possibility to reach out to other people with red hearts, to people with purple hearts, to people with small hearts, and to people with broken hearts. The miracle happens in FeBRUary. The hearts are taking over the soul, the hearts are commanding the mind and brain, people start to think with a heart or hearty, or heartily. Let's celebrate great hearts of our love ones, and spread the goodness of our hearts making life meaningful not only in FebBRUry, but all year around.

It Goes On!

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on!" (Robert Frost)

Yes, it does... life continues whether you decide to make the most of it or not. So give this some thought: You can dwell on the past or you can take delight in the future. You can march forward with confidence or you can stand still. You can accomplish great things or you can think small thoughts. You can make the world a better place or you can make the world a bitter place.
Realize your potential, fulfill your dreams, and the focus will move away from yourself and onto others. Indeed, life goes on - so get out there and make every moment you have count!

The Prince of the Parking Lot

Over the evergreen parking lot edge, a huge green old tree tower. Day and night it bound with the Prince of the Parking Lot, the Frog. He jumps to the right and sings a ditty, he jumps to the left, and tells a story sitting at the giant routs of the tree. What marvels there! Little birds are resting and nesting high in the tree enjoying the afternoon sun rays. Insects, midges, mosquitoes, ants from swamps and valleys found their perfect home coming from far away. Over the sandy beaches creep, and from the clear and shining water pond to the lovely warm south under the tree, to the evergreen parking lot. There were not any nice warm swamps, but the fat worms were fat. The frog, with all her four paws is jerking at the water sprinkle flopping luckily into little hole at the edge of the tree in the cement. The man's eyes would not see the home of His Majesty. His new house was without a door, without a window, and near the huge green old tree, where I like to sit at my lunch break and drink a sweet mead at my leisure, recounting tales from my past and using the pleasure here and now that will be shared with you all ...

Books about Burlap

There are very few books about burlap and jute.

For children, I would recommend the book entitled "Uncle Hubbard and the Burlap Sack" by Mary Smith Hardy published in 2012.

For adults, there are few current books. The most current is "About Being able to Look GOOD in a Burlap Sack" by Ida Tomshinsky that will tell you about history of jute and burlap, burlap sacks, and other burlap applications. The book will be appreciated in hard economic times as it reintroduce by the author as an affordable textile that could be use in both fashion and interior design.

This book just became available. It is published by Xlibris in the first days of 2013.
ISBN 978-1-4653-8809-4
Order Today!
Call 888-795-4274 ext 7879, order online at www.xlibris.com, www.amazon.com, www.bn.com, or visit your local bookstore.

Where Burlap Comes From?

Burlap comes from minor vegetable fibers that are generally composed mainly of cellulose: examples include cotton, jute, flax, ramie, sisal, and hemp. Cellulose fibers serve in the manufacture of paper and cloth. Minor natural vegetable fibers can be further categorized into the following  description: seed fiber, leaf fiber, bast fiber, fruit fiber, and stalk fiber. The most used minor vegetable fibers are cotton, flax (linen) and hamp, although sisal, jute, kenaf, bamboo and coconut are also widely used.