Joy joy joy
Yesterday and this morning, feeling pretty awful on a personal basis and then, sullenly checking in with facebook, saw this and my world changed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo
Crime, faith and e-books
Are you an e-book reader? You may want to check out three books by an old friend of the family. I remember long, hot summer days during which the author, Jeff Glendenning, and I played hours of tennis and then went swimming in the neighborhood pool. He was the older brother of one of my […]
Joseph Monninger’s Finding Somewhere
A horse about to be put down. Two girls decide to take him on a road trip to freedom. Finding Somewhere — a new book by Joseph Monninger, my fiction-writing professor at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. I remember reading one of his books back in, gosh, I guess it was 1992, and a line […]
Would you rather go naked? Does anyone love a bare-faced woman?
Somewhere along the line, women bought into the idea hook, line and sinker that to be “professional,” “sexy,” and most of all “acceptable” — we had to put paint all over our faces. Not all women feel this way, of course, but with billions upon billions of dollars spent annually on makeup in the U.S. […]
Tell me, what is it you plan to do?
Tell me, after you read The Summer Day, what you plan to do with your one, wild, precious life, on this winter January day? The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung […]
The Culture of Cheating
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ran an op/ed of mine — on the topic of Herman Cain, cheating, and what difference it makes if a liar and a cheater holds office — in today’s newspaper — you can find it on the last page of the A section in print — or just click on the link […]
Holiday Etiquette 101 — RSVP ASAP
If you’re planning a party for the holiday — or if you’ve received invites to mistletoe merriment, you may want to read my annual rant about the fact that people just don’t RSVP anymore! In the TICKET — found in news boxes throughout the city today for free or online at: MC’s annual rant about […]
Breaking the silence on domestic violence … thanks to readers
Thanks — merci mille fois – grazie – danke, to every one who posted such supportive comments and shared their own stories in response to my recent op/ed piece in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (to read it online just click here). I’ve heard from so many women — and several men, too — either on this […]
Lessons Learned from Ashton & Demi (or as I like to call them — Ashemi)
My Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET section asks the question: What did Demi Moore see in Ashton Kutcher, anyway? You can read it by clicking here: http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-10-20/section/nightlife/sense-and-the-city-lessons-learned-from-ashton-demi/
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ran an opinion piece I wrote in today’s op/ed section. If you want to read it online, click here: Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence