Dear Me, I don’t want to do what I don’t want to do. But I do. I know. It’s called responsibility. It’s called adulthood. Sometimes, it’s called survival. But if I only do what I don’t want to do, I’m tired and I’m cranky; my imagination stalls and my hopelessness fills out its contours all […]
Fawning, Flattering, Following? Friday!
Are you fawning when it comes to those you admire? Are you flattered when someone admires you? Are you thrilled to be followed – virtually, that is – especially on #FollowFriday? Isn’t Friday fun? We all know that Twitter’s #FollowFriday is our shot at shout-outs to people and places we want to share – so […]
Beautiful Eyes
Some say eyes are the windows to the soul. So it follows – beautiful eyes, beautiful spirit? When I look into the eyes of almost any child, they seem beautiful to me; the child is untouched as yet by hurt or disillusionment. When I look into the eyes of anyone full of hope, they seem […]
Learn Passé Composé. Yes You Can!
Vous faut-il améliorer votre grammaire ? Vous voulez bien une petite révision animée du passé composé, grâce à Go!Animate ? Et il faut bien un peu de politique en même temps, n’est-ce pas ? Et votre verbe auxiliaire – être ou avoir – Républicain ou Démocrate ? D’un côté ou de l’autre, vous vous faites […]
Politically Correct
Ah, the politics of language… Not so simple. Anywhere.
Distinguished Achievements
You’re poking around on Facebook posting this or that and glancing in spite of yourself at the assortment of ads that compete for your attention. And then you see it: Find out if you qualify for the prestigious Who’s Who 2012 Registry of Distinguished Female Executives and Professionals… While the term “distinguished” conjures images of […]
The Rightness of Reading
Do you read to your little ones? A real book – with paper pages that smudge and yellow, and a bound spine of some sort? Did your parents or grandparents read to you as a child? Does the pleasure of reading fill you with a state of calm? Time to read – an actual book […]
Hope Floats
It is a Sandra Bullock movie released in 1998 – Hope Floats – with a predictable plot, but not without its charms. A married mother of a young daughter finds out hubby is cheating and he wants out. As the divorce proceeds, she takes her child and heads home to a small Texas town, where […]
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
No matter what the time, the place, the circumstances, generally, it’s good for what ails you. Laughter. Seriously! It can’t hurt, right? Except maybe after a C-section or hernia repair. After all, there’s nothing quite like side-splitting, gut busting, uproarious letting loose. I say again: Laughter! Or maybe you prefer a tiny titter from Twitter?
Comely Comestibles (Food In The News)
How could I resist when I found both pickles and chocolate in my morning browsing of the New York Times online, especially with my own periodic pondering on warped views of food, femininity, not to mention fiscal fitness? Stopping by an opinion piece I thought dealt with economics – (it was illustrated by what appears […]