On Regret and Kindness – Amazing Graduation Speech by George Saunders
It’s not often you get major writers speaking of such mundane and seemingly trite things as “regrets” and “kindness” to …
Category Archives: Culture
Living Life Through a Lens, What We Gain and Lose
How much of our lives do we view through a narrow lens, whether through the lens of a camera, our …
Tremble of a Leaf, Balancing Interior and Exterior Lives
I wrote this poem as a grad student while living in that highly interior world of academia. I’d been feeling …
The Art of Sohan Qadri – Tapping into the Unconscious
When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples …
Celebrating Lasting Love
They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …
Love Lost, and Renewed
Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …
Sated by Scent. A Quest
Lately I’ve become obsessed by scent. Perfume, to be more precise. I seldom wear it and know little of it, …
Is Blogging Orgasmic? More on the Science Behind Sharing
Recently I wrote about blogging as virtual “love-making,” riffing on the new science which defines love as a “micro-moment of …
Blogging as Virtual Love-Making, And the Science Behind It
Often when I leave comments on a blog posts that moved me, I write “I love this post” or “I …
Popcorn, Anyone? My Top 100 Movies Challenge
Fellow blogger Nathan Bransford recently came up with a list of his favorite 100 movies, and challenged readers to do likewise. …
