I am sorry the posts have been sparse lately. So far, in 2009 I have been very, very blessed with work and travel. I am praying to keep up and at the same time not lose my enthusiasm for creative endeavors which are such an important part of how I organize (or pretend to order)...
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I loved this story on NPR’s Friday Morning Edition. Imagine loving what you do in your 80′s. These movie critics call themselves Reel Geezers, post reviews on Youtube and have some suggestions in the story link above for movies to add to the netflix cue or movie rental wishlist.
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I stumbled upon the movie Avenue Montaigne last weekend on the Sundance Channel and it was really lovely. Here’s a link to the apple trailer, but honestly, I think it’s better to go in fresh. It’s perfect for your Netflix cue. Without spoiling anything, I can tell you that there’s one scene where a famous...
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From Love Actually and from my favorite screenwriter, Richard Curtis.
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Yesterday’s snowflake reminded me of a Michael Longley poem called Snow Water. In the poem Longley, a “fastidious brewer of tea, a tea Connoiseur as well as a poet, ” asks the reader to bring him the gift of snow water to make his tea on his 60th birthday. You can listen to him read...
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For my mom-in-law, Wu as my daughter calls her, who is much cooler than I am, and who loves Mick. This is the new documentary…
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Rebecca Walker mentioned in a lecture I attended once that she tries very hard in her writing to be honest, but to do no harm. I struggle with that too and primarily with feeling that so many stories I have to tell are not mine alone and that I am somehow stealing part of another’s...
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I can’t wait for this one, 2 Days in Paris. Evidently Julie Delphy wrote, directed, produced, scored and stars in this one. Girl power. Her parents play themselves in the film. It looks very clever. And then there are the Jane Austen nods this summer with The Jane Austen Book Club and Becoming Jane. The...
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After two years of Johnson & Johnson, Graco and Pampers, it’s hard to remember that before Elmo, my first date with my husband was on the left bank in Paris. Having a child has been a great love affair as well. But it’s hard to carve out emotional space and time that is just for...
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We actually saw a film in a movie theater last Friday! Going to the movies is the one relic of pre-parenthood that I miss the most. We do the same thing at home, but there’s just something about buttered popcorn, the air conditioned darkness and holding on to my husband’s arm that feels like a...
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