In the dream I am a young boy, an adolescent really, fourteen or fifteen. My skin is translucent, my veins sky blue, and my fingers are finally growing. My arms and legs are too long on an awkwardly assembled chassis. My voice has yet to drop and my cheeks show no need of a razor. […]
Lucky Charms, Black Cats, Magical Thinking
It’s Friday the 13th, but you knew that, right? Are you avoiding ladders, knocking on wood more often than usual, or purposely not deviating from any activity out of the ordinary? Are you possibly just a little bit superstitious? If you are, you aren’t alone. And according to an opinion piece by Mathew Hutson in […]
FAFSA Deadline, CSS. Muzzle the Ghazal for My Stress?
Lost your PIN or lost your mind? Think your taxes were a grind? FAFSA’s looming let’s just say, And CSS is days away. If you do misplace your PIN, Do not fret, you can get in. Duplicates may be obtained; The PIN site has a link for same. Oh, the joys of college years! But […]
Chipmunk Sonnet (with a Fave Chair Twist)
Shakespeare, move over… The Chipmunk Sonnet has arrived!
The Female Chameleon
Do you change for others and all too easily?
Fear and Fighting Back: Mad Men Season 5 Episode 4, Mystery Date
Domestic violence, random violence, brutality at the hands of a handsome man. The stuff of fear, surely. And what else? Against the backdrop of an increasingly troubled 1966, the gender gap splits wide open in unexpected fashion in Mad Men’s Episode 4. “Mystery Date” strings together a collection of references to the potentially explosive anger […]
Sunday Funnies
One of my fondest memories as a child is of my father reading the paper, especially on the weekend, and chuckling over the comics which we referred to as the Sunday Funnies. My own attachment to the New York Times these days – and the very tactile pleasure of slowing down to the Real Life […]
Are We Raising Romantic Sons?
How do we model “romance” for our sons?
Smiling?
We’re headed into a holiday weekend. You may be up for a little unleavened bread or, you’ve tucked away chocolate and eggs in case a certain floppy-eared creature needs to dip into your stash. Either way, you probably visited one or more of your local markets – for food, for drink, and possibly for flowers. […]
Doing Your Best Work
Some environments are more conducive to feeling good than others.