Abby Sunshine

Some people believe black-eyed peas will bring good luck to those who eat them. This delicious Southern dish mixes them with okra, corn and bacon for a very lucky combination indeed. It is a traditional New Year’s dish! Try it.
Black-Eyed Peas with Okra, by Stella Zedman
Ingredients
* 4 strips bacon, diced
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 4 [...]

This last day of 2009 is a time to reflect upon the year that’s over and contemplate life next year. What is working well in your life? What would you change?
Time’s Square in New York City has a New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall. It is a place where people submit their wishes for the new [...]

While enjoying a brisk walk around the lake, Abby Sunshine couldn’t help but notice something.

Abby is such a good walker, so focused, so diligent. What could possibly jar her mind from the walk? Something so interesting that she would fixate on its presence? Do you have a guess? I do.

You got it! A squirrel indeed! [...]

Well, so much for the fluffy snow, and so much for the snow that was great for building snow sculptures. . .

Abby Sunshine is sitting along the side of a street- the pile you see is HARD chunks of snow that have been pushed aside by the snow plow. When the snow melts and freezes, [...]

The Creatures Rest
by Alcman (7th century B.C.E.)
Now sleep mountain-top and chasm
headland and ravine,
creeping kinds that emerge from the black earth
beasts who roam the hillside, the race of bees,
and creatures submerged in the purple sea
now sleep, and tribes,
too, of the wide-winged.

This poetry book, edited by John Hollander and illustrated by Simona Mulazzani, has a wide range [...]

Has Abby packed her bags for a winter vacation? Off to the warm climate of Easter Island? Has she decided that touring this island of mysterious sculpture is the place to be? Is Abby longing to learn more about the Moai?
Well, what I do know is that she hasn’t traversed the Pacific to any [...]

Have you ever walked through the heavy, wet snow – only to get it caked on the bottom of your pants and boots? If you try to make a snowball, it gets your woolen mittens soaked and covered in snow? If yes, you may relate to Abby Sunshine’s experiences during this beautiful blizzard, but wet [...]

Merry Christmas!
Click on this peaceful photo of Abby in the snow. It will take you to a website where you can request Christmas Carols and the characters will sing them for you! We think it’s pretty fun. We hope it brightens your day!

It is Christmas Eve and we awoke to inches and inches of beautiful, fluffy snow. Abby Sunshine didn’t hesitate to play in it. It is so deep for little Abby, that she must use some finesse when retrieving her “dummy.” (We have learned not to use tennis balls in the snow- they disappear very quickly, [...]

There’s nothing like a brisk run in the woods. Try it sometime.