A Man Called Ove, The Namesake, and Art of Racing in the rain (narrated by a dog) — man, woman and animal all impart life lessons in these feel-good books.

image above from www.simihairandbeauty.com face painting used to be an integral part of the indian bridal makeup. it was done on the forehead starting from a bindi and running above each eye brow. over the years it has been substituted with stick on crystals, bindis etc. i'm am not particularly sure i like that. i think i would still want to get the traditional painted look...which is simple and small and not jazzed up with crystals. have you seen the namesake? you can see the painted look…

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the sky is your namesake. whoever named you forgot about the thunderstorms ready to flood everything that surrounds you- your grandmother whose face resembles the raisins you chew after dinner, your dinner table which never has space for an extra saucer, the saucer shaped wildflowers that die as soon as they bloom in the nearby park where we used to meet and all the guests in your life whom you disguise as ghosts. /i have mastered the art of collecting your grief in the bucket of my words...

The TV chef, now the subject of an HBO Max comedy series and the namesake of a Food Network competition, won an Emmy for educational programming in 1966.

The Ram, with its strong presence in mythologies and traditions, makes a powerful namesake. Below is a curated list of names that mean Ram.

September 1983 | Dannie Abse, James Applewhite, Tama Baldwin, Fred Chappell, Maria Flook, Jim Hall, Robin Hamilton, Sharon Olds, Kevin Pilkington, Susie Shulman, Dave Smith, Don Stap, Charles Vandersee, Daniel Weissbort, William Harmon