Author Archives: Sarah Auerswald
POV Adoption Stories on PBS Tonight: Off and Running
Tonight, the second film in the POV series on adoption, Off and Running, will debut on PBS. It’s a powerful film about an amazing young woman who wants very much to find out about her biological family and her struggle … Continue reading
Adoption Stories Series Begins Tonight on PBS
Tonight is the premiere of the first film in the Adoption Stories trilogy by POV on PBS. Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy is the story of one family’s process of adopting an 8-year-old girl from China. Complicated, heartbreaking … Continue reading
PBS & Ken Burns Told Me To Go To Yellowstone This Summer
Now, please don’t imagine that I think the TV talks to me — or that I know Ken Burns well enough for him to have actually told me how to spend my summer vacation – although my friend Elise and … Continue reading
School’s About to Begin: Where Did Summer Go?
More like where did my son’s childhood go? Summer’s almost over, and I am anticipating the return of our daily school-year routine (with its attendant stress), the hours I will have to write without interruption, and the challenge of watching … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Summer Travel
My family and I have just returned from a vacation and we had a wonderful time. But we are still glad to be home. We spent time unplugged from our daily routine, from the news of the world and from … Continue reading
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Review
Eat, Pray Love is a visually stunning movie, and I’m not just talking about Javier Bardem, James Franco or Julia Roberts’s flawless skin. The locations are gorgeous to start with and the filmmakers managed to make them even more appealing … Continue reading
11-Year-Old Boys And What They Like To Do
My son’s friends came over and hung out today. They spent equal amounts of time watching Annoying Orange, laughing at Justin Bieber and discussing the future of automobiles — how they could be fueled by magnets, solar energy and trash. … Continue reading
A Summer Of Milestones
The summer started out with my eldest child graduating from finishing elementary school. That was significant enough, because I swear I can remember his first day of Kindergarten like it was yesterday. Then, I turned 48, which I grant you … Continue reading
Yahoo! Knows How To Take Care of The Motherboard
I was lucky enough to be invited to Yahoo! Headquarters recently along with about 40 other members of the Yahoo! Motherboard. We were wined and dined and treated like the queens we like to think we are. After the day … Continue reading
How Does The 2011 Ford Explorer Look?
Well, how do you think it looks? Now try seeing it with me at the wheel. Like it any better now? I’m trying out cars and Ford invited me to the reveal of the 2011 Ford Explorer on Venice Beach, … Continue reading