Just in case the title of this post didn't give it away (I do understand that not everybody is a Rat Pack/Dean Martin fan--the horror!--and also that not everybody will have seen "Moonstruck" more than a few times in his or her lifetime, which, you know, you should think about fixing if you haven't), today's…
And thus, without a wing, Or service of a keel, Our summer made her light escape Into the beautiful. -Emily Dickinson So, not only is today the first day of summer--an occasion worth celebrating--but we're also now several posts into this blog and the good old guilt has already started to set in; go figure,…
I didn't plan on blogging today, nor did I anticipate that, in addition to making a fancy schmancy version of Tuna Noodle Casserole (a few leeks and a cup of Gruyere can go a long way) for me and my brother, the day would end with a decision to make scones. But since it's summer…
About four years ago, when a college friend was visiting me, we happened to go see the movie "Waitress." To be honest, despite having a special place in my heart for Keri Russell (season 1 of Felicity was quality television; I don't see how anybody who was there for this show's beginning could disagree with…
"A good rotation. A rotation I define as the experiencing of the new beyond the expectation of the experiencing of the new. For example, taking one's first trip to Taxco would not be a rotation, or no more than a very ordinary rotation; but getting lost on the way and discovering a hidden valley would…
Dining with Dostoevsky 