A Tale About a Feminist, a Rabbi, and my Mother
Image from http://www.usedvinylrecordsforsale.com/ When I was in college a billion years ago, I went on a weekend training retreat for a campus suicide hotline service with fifteen or so other...
View ArticleWhere Maybe May Be the Correct Answer
“There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” In two lines, Buffalo Springfield sums it all up for me. The story of my life. The reason I write. What I write about. I used to...
View ArticleThe Still Life Project: An Introduction
Photo taken by Sarah Jane Quinn, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahjanequinn/6876573931/ Source: flickr.com via Sara on Pinterest Most of my life is spent stealing glances. . . . at a beautiful pink...
View ArticleBrought to You By the Letters K and T
Five things about me that begin with the letter K: 1. Kids. When I was in my teens, I thought I didn’t ever want to have children. I’ve always loved kids, loved being around kids, loved being a kid,...
View ArticleStill Life . . . With Coffee
You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. Two weeks ago, I had a mission. To slow down. To appreciate life. And I planned to approach it in a pragmatic way, in a step-by-step...
View ArticleMy Tri-Weekly Boxing Match
Photograph: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images It’s usually around 5:30 p.m. when the fight inside my head begins. The same question kicks it off every time, “Should I feel guilty that I don’t feel...
View ArticleWonderstruck? Who me?
Click on the link to see my interview with S.M. Hutchins on her wonderful blog, live wonderstruck. While you’re there, check out her other blog entries. She’s created a really upbeat, accessible blog...
View ArticleYou Look Exactly The Same
At least in my failing eyes. My high school friend, whom I haven’t seen in close to 20 years, spent 24 hours with me this past Sunday and Monday. She was dropping her daughter off at an exclusive...
View Article10 things I’ve Learned From My Foray Into Bread Making
1. Bread recipes on the internet have more commentary before the recipes than any other recipes I’ve ever seen. 2. One should not skip over that commentary . . . like moi (as you can see, I’ve begun...
View ArticleIsn’t it Time To Take the High School Out of National Politics?
The source image for the caricature of Mitt Romney is a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore’s Flickr photostream. The source image for this caricature of Barack Obama is a photo in the...
View ArticleWhat Comes After Fifty? (Day 161)
The TV is on in the background and my friend is in the other hotel bed, texting with her daughter. We are chaperoning at a regatta so we are away from [ . . . ]
View ArticleNo Rhyme Or Reason (Day 185)
(photo credit: Sand Patterns – background by Royce Bair on flickr.com. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.) I’m always looking for patterns. It’s just who I am. Visually, this is...
View ArticleThis Is Why. (Day 205)
(photo credit: Norwich Street Art: Why do you do this? by markheybo on flickr.com.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.) New writing class tonight. Instructor gives us ten minutes...
View ArticleTo Those Who Call Me Crazy (Day 219)
(photo credit: I blog . . . by alamodestuff on flickr.com. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.) Who doesn’t love a little validation? I was reading Seth Godin’s blog (if you’ve...
View ArticleIs Stick-to-it-tiveness Enough? (Day 260)
Because I’ve been feeling a little low lately and not pumped to do much of value, including this blog, I thought I’d mention to all of you, but more importantly [ . . . ]
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