There is one common thread that runs through human cancer stories - a renewed appreciation for life and love.  Why is it that it too often takes serious questions of health or life to help us remember what really matters? While I wish I had the mental and emotional clarity and balance to live each and every day with the same love and appreciation, I’ll settle for finding the silver lining in life’s scariest moments.

Certainly top on my list of Whipple silver linings is the love and…

Holiday Tips for Lash Addicts

A CARDINAL SIN

Bless me father - I just committed the cardinal sin for an Alopecian.  I, Susan Beausang, an 11-year veteran of Alopecia, assumed that another person with hair loss had cancer.  What was I thinking?  Well, I guess I wasn’t thinking…

Please Vote for Us.  Vote from November 25th through December 20th, 2011. Online at SRQMAG.com/VOTE.  Thank you, and Happy Holidays to You and Yours from…

As Thanksgiving approaches, I have even more cause than usual to reflect on just what I am most grateful for this year.

All around me, all around you, are growing numbers of families who this year will struggle to put together a Thanksgiving meal, who may depend upon the donations and generosity of others if they are to eat turkey, if they are to eat at all.  I am reminded that Thanksgiving is not just a day to appreciate what we have, but to share with those who are in…

5 Reasons A Thanksgiving Hostess Is Thankful For Eyelash Extensions

Perfecting A Luscious Plum Colored Lid

The Kick-off Party for our Series of Literacy Day Celebrations went off without a hitch.  We met many of Sarasota's unsung heroes of literacy, the tutors.  Many volunteers, staff members and board members were present and honored, as well as Sarasota's most improved reader!

In this picture taken by John Pearce, Sarasota Literacy Council President Donald Kayton (L) and…

Beginning in December, 2011, we're donating Gift Certificates from our stores to the Sarasota Racing Dog Rescue Project. The new owners of the first dog adopted each month will receive a $10 Gift Certificate from A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar. Please consider giving these retired dogs a worthy home.…

With the cooperation of the Literacy Council of Sarasota, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar have declared the 8th of every month to be Sarasota Literacy Day. On these days, the staff, members, tutors and accompanied students of the Literacy Council…