I'm cranky (part one)
I'm cranky for a lot of reasons.Let's start with number one: since the winter solstice, we have had two weeks without heat. We had a day and a half in between the weeks. An ice storm knocked out our...
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(Part one is here, in case you like to experience people whining.)You know what's been making me cranky? Facebook, that's what. Or not so much FB as some of the people I've friended with whom I've...
View ArticleOn my sister's birthday
you would have been 61to my 63I remember that day at lunchwe thirty-somethingsspied two womenwell up in years(each with a brimmingglass of burgundy, club sandwich)companionablegossipinglaughingand we...
View ArticleThat time of year
Well, it's that time of year again, the time when the "War on Christmas" people stream out of the woodwork. It gets more ridiculous every year. This year it's the Starbucks red cups that are devoid of...
View ArticleHow many people am I going to have to unfriend on FB following the Paris...
That is the question.Already the comments are flooding in, blaming refugees for the terrorist attacks in Paris, calling for an end to asylum, calling for refugee camps to be burned to the ground,...
View ArticleReflections on the weirdness that is body image
A lot has been written about body image, particularly in the case of women, who suffer in greater numbers from eating disorders and the like that are related to body image. I don't have anything new to...
View ArticleTattoos
I was just catching up on some blog posts by Mano Singham when I ran across his entry on tattoos. Tattoos are--to me, at least--an interesting contemporary cultural feature. I know a great many people...
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