I was with some girlfriends the other day and as girlfriends will be girlfriends, we were talking about everything including the kitchen sink. We began talking … [Read more...]
Frances Mayes in Under Magnolia Was Caught in a Life not of Her Own Design
Since I thoroughly enjoyed Under the Tuscan Sun, I thought I'd give Ms. Mayes' new autobiography, Under Magnolia, about growing up in the south a try. Let me … [Read more...]
Book Review: Defending Jacob by William Landay
Defending Jacob is a book about parents finding themselves in a situation that will change their lives forever. Andy and Laurie have an only child 14 year old … [Read more...]
How About Never? Is Never Good for You?
This is a blog about 6 degrees of separation regarding my thought processes. Kind of like the 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. I'm going to start … [Read more...]
Book Review: Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies
I'm not that big into historical fiction. At least the kind where the author takes a real person and then builds a life based on skeleton facts. I don't know … [Read more...]
Social Media Enters the Bedroom
Augustus McCrea, the crusty old Texas ranger in Lonesome Dove, always asked the beautiful prostitute, Laurie, if she'd "like a poke". An old fashioned coinage … [Read more...]
Can Women Whistle?
Lauren Bacall as Slim in To Have and Have Not famously asks Steve, played by Bogart, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? Just put your lips together … [Read more...]
Children’s Books You May Want to Re-read…You Might Learn a Few Things
I just found an article in Business Insider about adults re-reading books they read as children. As kids, our understanding of the world was very superficial. … [Read more...]
Book Review: Jack London, An American Life
Over the years I've read snippets about the life of Jack London. Everything I read led me to believe he had been an interesting man. So when a new biography … [Read more...]
Women of a Certain Age Drool Over Sting and Sing Along With Paul Simon
My sister had sent me a YouTube clip of Robert Downey Jr. singing along with Sting. I didn't know Downey could sing. But my focus was on Sting. I looked at that … [Read more...]
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