I was gripped by Tobias Wolff’s short novel Old School. Old School tells the story of an unnamed boy at boarding school. Life is difficult for this boy, the story’s narrator. My favorite detail is the deliberation at the Troubador, the school literary magazine, regarding which submissions should be selected for the next issue. The […]
I Love Anne Lamott
If I was going to be trapped on a desert island and could bring only one book, it would be Bird by Bird. This book lives on my nightstand. I pick it up when I need encouragement, inspiration, or company. Here are some of the parts I turn to. On being enough: All that I […]
Moms of Boys
A friend posted a link to this “moms of boys” post. This was the part I especially liked: I can tell from the pick up line at school who the moms of girls are and who has the boys. Moms of girls arrive early to chat with the teachers. They wear fresh makeup, cute wedges […]
Image Testing
Testing different image sizes. The 400×600 gets cropped to 400×550. The 600×400 shows the full thing. There are also specifications for 330×220 or 300×200. The 1000×200 shows the full thing. There are also specifications for 330×60 or 768×154. A 110×150 image (watches) is displayed as 625×550, so top and bottom are cropped. A 1750×1313 image […]
Trying new WordPress Themes
I am seeing which WordPress theme I like best for laurakornish.com. On Moon, I couldn’t figure out how to remove the title “Moon” at the top of the page. On Corporate-Lite, there was too much emphasis on the slider images. On the twenty-ten, -eleven, etc. themes, there were other things I wasn’t sure I could […]