The Superstitions attached with Putting the Silverware Away Daily Prompt: Putting the Dishes Away I am a very messy person. Messes follow me at work, at home and even on the subway. I just leave everything lying about. I take great pride in being messy. There is research […]
The Lady in Accented Red Reads My Fortune: Daily Prompt: Red Red wind of fortune Bright sashes prick the soul A meaningful hope Other thoughts on Red Anawnimiss: of shame Marilyn Monroe, Drag Queens, The Police and Me The Wandering Poet Waiting for summer Serendipity You’re an Embarrassment […]
From an early age I wasn’t that much into meat. Looking back, I realize that part of my distaste of meat was that it was associated (in my young mind) with cooking for a husband. Odd, I know. But I was set from very early on that I […]
Phillip Seymour Hoffman died Sunday at the age of 46. Besides being a very talented actor with an Oscar win for best Actor in the movie Capote, he was also noted for being very much a humble man. He showed up early to interviews. He biked around Manhattan […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Object in the Wall What does it mean to be one of several? What does it mean to be whole, while others are pieces? What does it mean to be visible but also hidden? Who am I? Where am I? What am I? Do […]
I was up late the other night tossing and turning ruminating wondering about whether I had made the right judgment call on a particular decision earlier that day. I was flipping the channel and cable television was showing the movie by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell, called Phone […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition in Havana, Cuba I landed at around 9am in Havana, Cuba. By the afternoon, I already went through the orientation session and had set off on a walking adventure with four other Americans. We explored to our hearts content, catching a vibrant and dynamic city […]
The dodo bird is known in pop culture for two things: being extinct and having been stupid. Yes, they appear to have been a little off-kilter in that they were flightless birds that would try to eat rocks. Although, they were also quite chubby from all the other […]
Daily Prompt: Teaching The Art of Being an Other On a dark, gray rainy day on a train platform in the small town of Ripoll, Spain I awaited the delayed RENFE (train) that would take me back to Barcelona. I had just had a fabulous time in this […]
We just got through the third week of January. Most of our colleagues are back from their vacations facing a world of backlogged work, new unrealistic year-long agendas and still uncertain economic times. It’s enough to make anyone batty and perhaps a little socially awkward. This week’s wacky […]
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