I blame the cereal commercials. The sun is always shining on their kitchen tables through the California soundstage for Sunny-D or Raisin Bran or whatever, but here, the moon is still shining as we stumble through our morning routine and it’s still dark when my daughter walks into her school. In the commercials, the mom...
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I’m sure many of you know, Kelly Feinberg writer and co-author of Notions and Threads passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family and friends. Her family has asked in lieu of flowers for memorial contributions to be made in her name to the Avon Foundation’s Breast Cancer Crusade, The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Organization...
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Drinking: Oolong Tea Listening to: I Turn My Camera On – Spoon I watched Stranger Than Fiction again the other night. The protagonist in the film begins to hear a narrator speaking about him and he’s concerned when he hears her say, “Little did he know…. he was going to die.” He seeks counsel of...
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Listening to: Everybody Knows – John Legend I finally braved the doctor today for the first time since my last miscarriage. A new doctor in a different office. Because a lot of my work deals with medical records, I found myself sort of step outside of my body and take a seat on the counter...
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Shannon Leone Fowler and her 25-year old fiance Sean were swimming in the ocean in Thailand when he was stung by a box jellyfish and died 3 minutes later. She’s written about it and about her grieving process in an online essay for Real Simple here. The print version of Real Simple has an essay...
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This is not the first time I’ve turned off cable TV. As a first year law student living alone, I knew I could not be trusted with unlimited access to TV. Thank heaven I had dial up internet as opposed to something faster or I would never have graduated. I lived alone in an antebellum...
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If you can, get a sitter and go see Julie & Julia followed by dinner at Le Deauville. Eat outside, preferably on a chilly night. I recommend the roasted chicken with polenta and white wine, though skip their house sauvignon blanc {too sweet}. I read Julie & Julia when the book was first published and,...
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Plateworthy (my husband – a literatura academic) walked into our home office on Monday night to find me reading in quickly fading evening light. He says to me, “Alright Milton, you gonna turn the lights on?” So I ask him, “Is that how Milton went blind? Not some congenital thing?” “Sure,” he says. “He had...
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So…if it is true that, “Whatever You Love, You Are,” I get a bit stuck on the You Are part. I flip through my journals and look at the images I have saved* for insight. I begin to wonder if maybe I love too many diverse and incompatable things, like salty air and snow. So...
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A new post for Skirt! —————I’ve received many emails and calls about expressions of sympathy. I can’t tell you how much that means to me and my family. We’ve asked in lieu of flowers for donations in memory of Pauline Faith to go to: Meals on Wheels Daviess County Senior ServicesElizabeth Munday Center 1650 West...
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