34 Things Update
I decided to look at my 34 Things to do before turning 35 list (deadline for completion: November 17) today to see how things are coming with the list since […]
I…
Thanks, Fighting Windmills, for this post idea: I am: satisfied with how I spent my “sabbatical.” I think: that I would like to finish the fiction novel that I started […]
VF Questionnaire
A friend recently told me that she and her husband answered the questions on the back page of Vanity Fair as part of their weekly date, and then, a few […]
28 Great Girl Power Movies
I am a sucker for teen film and a sucker for films that celebrate girls so I was especially happy to see this lineup from Entertainment Weekly on 28 Essential Girl […]
One-liners
Before I can sit down to write an essay, poem, short story, fiction chapter, or article, I have to have the words to the first line in my head. It […]
Hot Women for a Cool Planet
So, my former boss and continued life mentor and dear, dear friend, Ruth, is one of the coolest and most awe-inspiring women I know. A few years ago, she sold […]
I believe they call this the zone
Hot damn. You know how I have been on a bit of a sabbatical with my summer, trying to slowly proceed so that I can make sure that I am […]
This is what war does…
One of my former students is a wonderful woman named Sarah Durnbaugh. Sarah is a breath of fresh air. Steady, committed, brilliant, compassionate, funny, observant- just as fine as they come. […]
Make more time for yourself
Just worked my way through the July issue of Real Simple and loved an article by Elizabeth Fenner on creating more free time in one’s schedule (loved it so much, […]
One of my favorite simple pleasures
On my list of Favorite Simple Pleasures is this one: the filling of the reading basket each summer in anticipation of vacation. The basket is often packed weeks […]
