Suprise Me

When I think of photo booths, I think of freaking out in an MRI tube. Read More

After my first husband left me, I thought I would die of the pain. I was wrong. Read More

We see lots of movies throughout the year; this year we even attended three film festivals, though many of those films tend to be foreign and never find distribution. We eagerly await this time of year when the “prestige” movies roll out. When I saw the Golden Globe nominees, I was reminded of some good… Read More

This pair has been my guilty pleasure ever since ... Read More

Cousin Brucie never seemed angry at anyone. Read More

Russian athletes have systematically cheated for years. The Wikipedia page is too long and complicated to try to condense and enumerate the many faults, going back decades for this story, but let me give you some “highlights”. For years there was state sponsored systematic doping. They have been stripped of 46 Olympic medals. The most… Read More

The right to vote is not about politicians or policy or propositions. It is about exercising a right, embracing a responsibility. My mother has felt this way as long as I've known her. I don't think she has ever missed voting in an election. Read More

The case of wine slid across the carpet and the bottles fell out. With a crash, one broke. Read More

I like male writers, too. Dostoyevsky’s 'Crime and Punishment' and Melville’s 'Moby-Dick' are huge favorites, and John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' is a thing of remarkable beauty. But overall, it’s the psychological depth of women authors -- their fascination with our inner lives -- that I find illuminating and essential. Read More

Growing up, we learned a lot from TV, but we also just had a lot of kid fun with locally produced shows. Read More