Nona’s Story:
Your Story A
Guided Journal
About You (Book)
by Rosana Sablic
(SanaWorks Publishing $34.99)
When Rosana Sablic realized her nona (Croatian for
“grandmother”) was dying, she created this journal
to preserve her life story—and now invites you to
commemorate the lifetime of someone you love. A
detailed list of questions divided into four main sections
(“Life Journey, “Family,” “Love and Intimacy,”
and “Self”), Nona’s Story guides you through the steps
of recording your life, or the life of a loved one, for
future generations. There’s a decent amount of space
for writing down details, plus pages reserved for photos.
Also, chunks of Nona’s own story punctuate the
book—in case you need a little inspiration.
—Tamara Letkeman
Dial M for Mantra (CD)
by Jai Uttal
(Sounds True, $17.98)
“World music is music from everywhere,” says Jai
Uttal. “Music that unites hearts and cultures. Music
that brings peace.” Uttal, a true pioneer of world
music, blends the sacred music of India with modern
elements from the West in his latest offering. Dial M
for Mantra takes Uttal’s soulful chanting through a
metamorphic trip through the realms of soul, lounge,
and even funk. A remixed compilation of his earlier
music, Dial M is a radical, uncharted departure from
his traditional devotional music of India. We predict
that after a couple of listens, you’ll irresistibly be
drawn into the vibe, especially track 6: “Ganesha
Windmix.”
—Bruce Skipper
THINK PEACE: Portrait
of a 21st Century
Movement
(DVD,
Pumpkinhead Production
Company/DreamHouse
Cinema, $19.95)
Can the modern-day peace movement put a stop
to war? That’s the query put to activists, war resisters,
journalists, and people-on-the-street in this
homegrown documentary, which shines a light on
said movement, while examining what went wrong
on Feb. 15, 2003, when millions of people marching
in more than 800 cities failed to stop the invasion
of Iraq. Featuring interviews with Hans Blix (former
chief U.N. Weapons Inspector to Iraq), Rex Weyler
(co-founder of Greenpeace), and other figures in the
modern peace movement, Think Peace gleans most of
its footage from Vancouver’s World Peace Forum in
June ’06—an event that, interestingly, received little
attention from the mainstream media.
—TL
