Ode to a Frog
My ex-husband has been going through his papers, and yesterday he found something I thought had been long lost—a poem I had written as a 14-year-old sophomore in high school. How it came to be in his stuff I don’t … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
The joys of aging: eye doctor interlude
What have I been doing lately besides contemplating Robert Frost and deploring Donald Trump? Well, yesterday I had a previously-unscheduled sojourn at the eye doctor’s. First, I’ll tell you the ending: I’m okay. But what preceded it was no small … Continue reading →
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
The other day I went to the drugstore and indulged in one of my favorite pastimes, buying makeup. Hey, we all have our small vices. I bought a new tube of undereye circle concealer of my favorite kind (see this … Continue reading →
Neo’s not so neo
At Instapundit, Ed Driscoll discusses a National Review article by Rachel Lu entitled, “Get Ready for the Neo-Neoconservatives.” Lu thinks the time may be ripe: As young liberals sour on what is to them the old world of the political … Continue reading →
I never really loved you
This quote from Nicole Kidman about her marriage to Tom Cruise caught my eye at Yahoo: Nicole Kidman on Marrying Tom Cruise at Age 23: ”˜I Look Back Now and I’m Like, “What?”’ I thought the article was going to … Continue reading →
Ah, the trials of a blogger!
When I grind out a big big post like the one I just wrote (see below) I have a very strong urge to say “that’s it; I’m done for the day.” But I also have a strong urge to balance … Continue reading →
Cars, riots, Glenn Reynolds—and the law
Glenn Reynolds—known in the blogosphere as Instapundit—is probably one of the most widely read, if not the most widely-read, conservative bloggers. He’s also a law professor at the University of Tennessee. And he’s also (like so many pundits, politicians, celebrities, … Continue reading →
Parking stickers and invisible handicaps
Here’s a poignant piece about what it’s like to have a handicapped parking sticker and a bona fide disability and yet look rather normal: Just as I closed my car door and stuck my key in the ignition, a loud … Continue reading →
9/11: Fifteen years
[NOTE: This is an updated version of an earlier post.] On 9/11’s 10th anniversary I wrote a post that contained this observation: For those of us who were grownups when 9/11 happened, it’s also been transmuted””not to something that was … Continue reading →
Philae: like finding a needle in a haystack
Every now and then I lose something and can’t find it, or it takes me a long time to find it. My favorite earring fell off in my car, and seemed to completely disappear. Several years later I found it … Continue reading →
Happy Labor Day weekend
Are you planning to have fun this weekend? I am. Of course, my idea of fun is pretty sedate: going out with friends for a meal, going to a dance performance, going out for a walk and enjoying the fine … Continue reading →
The greatest makeovers
I’m here to announce another vice. This is a new one, although it also involves an old one—YouTube video chain-watching. Chain-watching is when you go from one video on a topic to another, sort of like eating a bagful of … Continue reading →