Starting this Sunday, the great Kate (Winslet) will be starring in HBO's miniseries "Mildred Pierce" about a divorced single mother living through The Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. Winslet plays the title character in a sure to be award season favorite. Costarring are Evan Rachel Wood as Winslet's daughter Veda, Guy Pearce, and Melissa Leo, who just won Best ...more»
Milk, eggs, sugar, beans, steak, coffee, butter... Sounds like a grocery list, huh? Au contraire, buddy. This is a partial list of things I'm not supposed to eat. I'm throwing myself a wee pity party today, party of one, due to my food intolerances. A super strict diet I do follow, namely sans gluten and dairy, but when a special ...more»
Me and my flaws flew into 2011--all 4 gazillion of them. And while there are definitely some things I hope to get a better grip on in this new year, perhaps the biggest one is giving myself a bit more grace.
Don't get me wrong: I have every intention of hitting that treadmill... hard, and I'm even cooking up some worthwhile ...more»
We recently went away for the weekend--only my second sans the baby ladies. One Friday afternoon, we packed up and headed for a retreat with friends. It was much-needed time away with people I love dearly love and who dearly love me. (How did I get so lucky?)
These are some members from my tribe, people who I've committed to living ...more»
So I've been reading Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones, and I've gotta say it's kind of been messing with me. Messy, messy stuff. On the one hand, it's deeply encouraging to know there are things any one of us crazy lazies (that'd be me) can do to add another ten good years to our lives. We're not talking about time ...more»
Being the former English teach that I am, I never fail to be a sucker for word origin study, better known as "etymology"--not to be confused with "entomology." This is just a brief cautionary anecdote learned the hard way by my freshman college roommate who wound up studying insects instead of the history of words. Big difference. Huge.
Anywho, imagine my ...more»
Five years ago, I actually read a National Geographic magazine article. I say "actually" because, let's face it, the pictures really are the belle of the ball here, are they not? The hubs left the latest issue of the magazine on the kitchen table, and I couldn't stop looking at the photograph of the little Asian man on the cover--upside-down ...more»
Double Dog Dare #1: Resignation
Oh, my. What have I gone and done now? I just resigned from my very safe, comfortable teaching position. Did I mention I had tenure? Doesn’t get safer than that.
Ugh. This is my very first “Double Dog Dare”, the one that puts this entire blog into motion. (Normally, I’d bring you along for the process in ...more»
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