Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Morning Musing, Parenting, Travel on Jun 27th, 2010
The hotel room
The popcorn ceiling, valance curtains, brightly colored abstract images in gilt frames hanging over each double bed. Six hangers on a pole by the door, with its emergency exit and checkout instructions posted beneath a tiny keyhole. There is olive carpeting with a small pattern, striped wallpaper in the beige bathroom with [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Travel on Mar 12th, 2010
Are all stereotypes true? When we generalize about people or a place, is that bad? Is judging something as “bad” – bad?
Stereotypes and generalizations
Yesterday I wrote about why I find France, and French men irresistible. And everything I wrote was based on my truths. As for the stereotypes and generalizations about French men? I stand [...]
It’s been a week for writing. For reading and writing. Tapping and typing and can’t turn it off even when my fingers aren’t on a keyboard. (Useful? Useless? Avoidance Therapy?)
I even took an hour to actually enjoy the web, buzzing with all manner of pleasurable and intriguing vibes. I read about how Stone Fox was [...]
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Feb 24th, 2010
Would you turn back the clock if you could?
Groundhog Day was on TV the other night. I only caught the end of it (I’ve seen it, um… over and over), but it made me consider what it would be like to re-frame a particular day. To “tweak” it. Perhaps a pivotal day, or perhaps a [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Lifestyle, Parenting on Feb 9th, 2010
Unanticipated pleasure
Last evening, for three hours, I hovered in the pleasure zone, my brain and body exquisitely in sync. This was delight the likes of which I haven’t felt in six months, or perhaps as long as a year. The kind of pleasure, intense and pervasive, that obliterates worry and fatigue as all the universe [...]
Posted in Morning Musing, Travel on Feb 8th, 2010
I wandered into this, compliments of Google. Perhaps you’ve seen it elsewhere, but I loved it. (But then, what’s not to love? It’s delicious and romantic in an endearing, geeky sort of way.) A Parisian love story. Even though it’s an ad for Google, it’s quite charming, meandering from a few key phrases to translate [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Feb 4th, 2010
I was a reading a news report this morning, a serious one, about a young man who died on the rails of the French metro system, in a freakish incident. He was grabbed from the crowd at random, and pulled in front of an arriving train by a crazy man who took a complete stranger [...]
Posted in Language, Lifestyle, Other Stuff on Feb 3rd, 2010
Fill in the blanks? Random thoughts?
Oooo baby, yeah!! Give this Female2Female word-image-thought blog challenge a twirl. I found it on the lovely April’s blog post today. Just copy the bolded words, and complete the sentence or thought with whatever comes to mind first.
Then link up over at Female2Female. It’s fun!
Female2Female Random meme
If I [...]
Posted in Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Feb 2nd, 2010
Jewelry case, treasure box, and secret objects
Doesn’t every kid have a treasure box? Some sort of secret container tucked under a bed or stowed in the back of a closet?
Made out of cardboard or straw, velvet or plastic. Perhaps an old cigar box. Remember those? Or a metal case that held who-knows-what, subsequently rescued [...]
Posted in Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Feb 1st, 2010
Life isn’t fair
On a rainy afternoon, three years ago, my elder son and I were in a car accident. He was driving. My son was unhurt as was the other driver, but I sustained injuries, the car was totaled, and I was without employment or disability at the time. I will sum up that day [...]
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