Spoilsports
Maybe you shouldn’t kiss your dog. Let me just add that, although I had a dog I loved very much, I never kissed him. However, he kissed me once or twice. My dog, a cockerpoo of about 25 pounds, was … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
Surrender, Dorothy!
I’ve been thinking. It’s been a hard year. Actually, it’s been pretty hard ever since Tuesday, November 6, 2012, when I realized the American people had re-elected Barack Obama and that now he was free to really implement that “change” … Continue reading →
Hand writing
[NOTE: This is a lightly-edited repeat of a post of mine that was first published in 2008.] This Atlantic article by Nicholas Carr is a recommended read, about the reported loss of concentration and patience for absorbing longer works that … Continue reading →
Do I blog to persuade?
Earlier today on a thread about Trump, a commenter asked me how many people I thought I had persuaded to change their minds. Now, that’s an interesting question, whether the commenter meant it as a taunt or not. Maybe the … Continue reading →
No-poo
Say it isn’t so—the no-poo trend isn’t the panacea for curly hair that it was cracked up to be? As a curly-headed woman myself, I have a dog in this race. I gave up on no-poo quite a while ago … Continue reading →
The world is safe from my hair products
I was going to be getting on a plane a few days ago and packed in a hurry. Since I usually have a problem with suitcase overweight and have gotten a bit paranoid about it, at the last minute I … Continue reading →
Path to the GOP nomination—path to truth
I’ve noticed that all of a sudden post-SC primary there are a ton of “Trump is inevitable” posts and articles. There are also a few “no, he’s not!” pieces, too, but the former predominate. The whole thing is odd, but … Continue reading →
On being a blogger these days: truth, Trump, and a whole lot of other things
I’m what you might call a mid-level blogger. I’ve been doing this for eleven years, and I’ve reached a certain level of readership that’s more than I ever thought it would be when I began but less than I later … Continue reading →
How many of these most lied-about books have you read?
Here’s the list of the 20 books that people most often think they should have read, say they have read, but often haven’t read. For me the grand total of books on that list actually read is eleven: (1) Both … Continue reading →
Had we but world enough, and time
I just published a really, really, really long post. And it’s really really cold outside today. But sunny, and I want to go out and enjoy it. I plan to come back to the blog later and post some more, … Continue reading →
RIP Violette Verdy
Last night I got the urge to see a clip of the ballet “Dances at a Gathering,” which is on the short list of my favorite ballets of all time. It was choreographed by the musical theater and dance genius … Continue reading →
Dance teachers I have known: Stanley Holden, revisited
A while back I wrote a tribute to a ballet teacher of mine, Stanley Holden. A little recap is in order: One doesn’t ordinarily think of comedy in connection with ballet dancers, but Holden was a master of it, best … Continue reading →