Newsmakers

Tunes From Trash: Making Music For A Song

February 15, 2013

Landfill provides inspiration for children with a dream The next time you find yourself whining about not having the right materials, instruments, or equipment for your current project, watch the video above. Don’t be a brat. Get creative.  

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Halloween’s “Secret Santa” For Children Of South Central

October 31, 2012

You’ve  probably never heard his name, nor have the thousands of children whose lives are a little bit brighter because of his generosity. So I was thinking it’s well past time I introduced you to Tommy Tapia — the Secret Santa of Halloween. In October of 1989, I began holding art workshops for children and [...]

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Today’s Pic: A Child’s Moment of Reflection

September 25, 2012

Like so many others who lost friends when the towers fell on September 11, 2001, I thought of them constantly in the days and weeks that followed. Reporting for Fox5 in New York right before that fateful day, I shared on camera time with firefighters, sanitation workers, and Port Authority officers during live shots all [...]

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The Art of Simple Living

September 12, 2012

A Chance Encounter with “The Boat Launch Goddess” I was about two years old the first time I started playing with crayons and paint. Miki Schneider was about two years old the first time her parents took her camping at Lake Cachuma. 50 some years later… I am still futzing with crayons, and paint, and making [...]

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The Art Of Surrender

August 12, 2012

I have a certain expectation when my cell phone chirps with an incoming text message. It’s usually one of two things: my husband punishing me for not being home, by sending me a photograph he just took of himself surrounded by cats, or  a terse message from the person I was supposed to meet 15 [...]

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