My current obsessions

Rockabye Baby - Lullaby renditions of...

I came across this amazing series while searching Itunes for something with a "tinkly music box sound" for Owen to fall asleep to (that I wouldn't have to wind up again every 25 seconds). Rockabye Baby has compiled some of the greatest rock music around and made "tinkly music box sound"ing renditions and I can't get enough. I immediately bought songs by U2, Coldplay, Radiohead, No Doubt, Nirvana, Green Day, The Rolling Stones, Smashing Pumpkins, and Metallica! Metallica!  Since so much baby music makes you want to pull your own hair out, this is the perfect solution. My baby falls asleep to sweet lullabies and I get to enjoy some relaxing, and darned-good versions of some of the greatest rock songs. It makes bed time so much better for all involved. 

www.rockabyebabymusic.com

David Suzuki: The Autobiography

I bought this book after seeing it on a Facebook friend's booklist. As a Canadian, I think I share with most people a soft spot for David Suzuki, plus I had a giftcard to Chapters, so I set out to find a copy to see if I could learn more about the man behind The Nature of Things. 

I knew Suzuki was an environmentalist and a nature show host, but what probably most vividly stuck out for me for the years was - fairly or not- that he is cute in a way that has always reminded me of my dad. I wanted to know more, and I'm getting that ++ by reading this book. I've learned that he spent his teenage years in my hometown of London, ON (how didn't I know that?), that -as a Japanese-Canadian- he suffered through forced racial segregation into the bush of British Columbia during WW2, and that until his wife, Tara Cullis, pursued the undoing of a seemingly archaic law in 1972, women were not legally allowed to keep their maiden names! 

He has had such a life, it really is incredible and I'm only a third of the way in! I cherish every free moment I have reading this wonderful book and I recommend it, obviously, very highly.

You can read more about David Suzuki at

www.davidsuzuki.ca

Dear Frankie

This is such a great little movie, staring Gerard Butler (before was so Hollywood and beefed-up, therefore waaaay more appealing) and Emily Mortimer. 

In short, a single mom doesn't want her son to know his dad is a dead-beat so she makes up this elaborate story about him being aboard some ship that travels all over the world. Pretending to be his father, she writes her boy letters so that he never has to know the truth. Then, one day she is forced to supply a face-to-face meeting between her son and his "father", so she hires a stranger to play him for one day. 

The character of Frankie is so sweet and the relationship between all the characters just makes you smile. Plus, the ending is satisfying without being obvious.