Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend

Original airdate: December 17, 2010

Co-authored with Kate Chenery-Tweedy

“On March 30, 1970, Secretariat drew his first breath in a little white foaling shed on a historic farm called The Meadow in Caroline County, Virginia. Three years later he would leave the nation breathless as he captured the Triple Crown, shattering records and rivals alike. Though much has been written about his spectacular racing career, the complete story of Secretariat’s birthplace and the Chenery family who raised and raced him has never been told…until now.”

- secretariatsmeadow.com

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365: A Daily Creativity Journal:
Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!

Original airdate: December 10, 2010

In 2007, artist Noah Scalin came up with an ingenious idea: he cut a skull out of orange paper and posted it on his blog with the note, “I’m making a skull image every day for a year.” His year-long art project became an award-winning internet sensation that resulted in the book Skulls, as well as landing him in the New York Times and on the Martha Stewart Show.

The concept of Noah Scalin’s “365 method” is simple but inspired: Choose a theme or medium, then make something every day for a year. 365: A Daily Creativity Journal offers 365 project prompts to kick start your creativity, plus plenty of room for journaling, sketching, and jotting down ideas. Learn how to choose your subject and document your work, and see examples from other artists and crafters who took the 365 challenge.
- makesomething365.blogspot.com

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Wicked Richmond

Original airdate: October 29, 2010

“Home to many of the nation’s founding fathers and statesmen, Richmond’s history runs as deep as America itself. Yet within these depths lies something darker. For despite its reputation, Richmond has a sordid streak. Venture through the city’s colorful history of vice, intrigue and subterfuge with author Beth Brown as she traces the scandalous stories that pepper Richmond’s past. From colonial founding to the Prohibition era and boyond, Wicked Richmond presents a comprehensive look at the city’s murky history. Whether it is tales of Civil War espionage, Spanish pirates captured off the Virginia coast and brought to justice in Richmond, rumrunners peddling illegal liquor during Prohibition, or the misadventures of upper-crust colonial families, Wicked Richmond captures the debauchery that runs through the city’s historic past.” – from wickedrichmondva.com

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Cancer for Christmas

Original airdate: July 23, 2010

“I boil it down to this: when you take your car to a car wash, do you want to go through inside the car, or strapped to the hood? Not being informed, not taking a proactive approach to your medical care, is like going through the car wash strapped to the hood. You’ll wind up beaten to smithereens by the whirly-towel things, and get buckets of soap and wax up your nose, if you choose to go through the medical car-wash as an uninformed participant.

What follows is my story of getting cancer for Christmas in December 2007. At the time, it felt like the weirdest Christmas gift imaginable. Since then, I’ve come to truly see it as a gift.”

- excerpt from foreword

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