Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Language, Lifestyle on Jun 5th, 2010
Do you believe you can change? Do you want to change – if not in a major way, then subtly – for instant gratification or something more enduring?
Let’s see. There’s my messy kitchen. My disastrous closets. Oh yes, I can think of a few things I’d like to change. May I borrow from the classics of [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Other Stuff on May 23rd, 2010
100k. What do you think of when you hear it?
Money
Money. That’s the usual answer. A goal for many of us, once upon a time. Still for some, I’m sure. A measure of worth, based upon pay.
So often it is the professional’s measure of having arrived. Financially at least. These days, it may be relatively early [...]
Posted in Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Travel on Apr 20th, 2010
River. Apple. Banjo. Sparrow. Diva Muffin?
These are just a few of the odd celebrity names we might come across as we consume our daily pop culture media. What do you think? Would you do that to your kid? Or should I say “Kyd,” as in Kyd Duchovny (Tea Leoni and David Duchovny’s son)? Or the [...]
Posted in Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Sexy Shoes in the City on Mar 13th, 2010
See this beautiful woman?
She likes her words. She has cool red glasses. She can even concentrate under a strange, retro, hair heating device. Oh, it’s in the name of beauty. Fine. I totally get that. We women go to great lengths in the name of our beauty rituals. Unfazed. Poised. Purposeful.
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Feb 26th, 2010
Relationship deal breakers
You’re on a first date. He’s polite, he’s interesting, he’s easy on the eyes. But he makes slurping noises – loudly – over potato leek soup. Deal breaker?
You stumble on each other through an internet site. Your email exchange is sparkling. You speak on the phone. She rambles. In an interesting way, [...]
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Feb 18th, 2010
My teenage son must have fallen asleep very late, and without actually going to bed. In other words, keeling over in the midst of an assignment.
His door was open this morning, when I went to tap lightly at 7:30am, to wake him. His easel was set up next to his small desk – a self-portrait [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Jan 28th, 2010
Are your dreams on hold? Are you floating in a perpetual state of waiting? One more number? One more indistinguishable face in the crowd, chasing through an exhausting schedule that seems like nothing more than clocking time?
You’re following the hour hand and the minute hand with your eyes, listening to the slow ticking of [...]
Posted in Culture, Language, Lifestyle, Parenting on Jan 6th, 2010
You’re not a politician. You’re not a speech writer. You’re not an on-air anchor who has to think quickly on his or her proverbial, beautifully clad feet. You’ve got a hundred different roles in your day, professionally and personally. But the words that tumble out of your mouth aren’t going to make a significant difference, [...]
Posted in Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Jan 1st, 2010
Something has changed. I no longer ask myself how I look. Occasionally I’ll stop at the mirror and think: hmm, tired. Other times, it’s: okay – not bad.
I also don’t step on the scale daily, after a lifetime of doing so. I consider this progress after decades of obsessing over my weight, just like [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff on Dec 29th, 2009
What if I had said “I love you” back, and just accepted his conditions? What if I had worked slower, and produced a more average result that didn’t threaten my boss? What if I’d moved to a different part of the state after my divorce? What if I’d pulled my tiny nest egg out of [...]
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