Bonjour! Où est le chocolat?

There are a mere six days until Jen and I travel to Paris where, instead of filling up on Thanksgiving turkey and cranberry sauce until we pass out, we will be gorging on wine, cheese and le chocolat. Until we pass out. The anticipation is overwhelming, as the only time I’ve visited Paris was for [...]

The highlight of my day.

Today was a series of small disappointments, remedied with one giant win. First, the disappointments: The Immortals.  Words cannot describe how much I wanted to love this film, given my adoration for Greek mythology, the film The Fall by the same director Tarsem, and the man-candy of the film 300 by the same producers. Sadly, as [...]

Living in the crux….

Last night I saw Death Cab for Cutie. First, I must mention I felt OLD, my feet hurt from standing, my ears hurt by screaming youngsters, and all I could think of was this comedy act I heard ages ago asking bands to do an “old people” show–minimum age 30, no opening act, one hour only [...]

The commercialization of cool

I have mixed feelings when a commercial appropriates a song or poem I liked and never imagined would find its way onto a commercial. I am torn between being mad at the advertiser for debasing the piece and mad at the artist for letting it happen (sell-out!), and being practical about everyone needing to make a [...]

The lovely, incomparable Dr. B.

Summer quarter 2011, I was fortunate enough to have had as my professor the glorious Barbara Mossberg, poet-in-residence in Pacific Grove, CA, president emeritus something-or-other at Goddard College, and general charismatic, creative, flamboyant, lover of nature, life and people and all-around inspiration. In a short 10 weeks, she exposed me to a ridiculous amount of [...]

Litany against fear

I have often wanted to blog, but I stop short, second-guessing myself with excuses about not having enough time or energy, fears about not having something to say, not saying anything worth reading, alienating friends and family with thoughts that they may not agree with. 2011 has been a big year for me, filled with [...]