Last night, my husband and I went out to see Prince Caspian, the latest movie version of the Chronicles of Narnia. As the movie ended and the screechy wail of a song started over the closing credits, the audience began clapping, and I with them. I shook myself out of the spell that held me [...]
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Points of View (a Prologue)
Photo credit: Photo by QwirkSilver on Flickr After the 2004 US presidential election, I was shocked and depressed. (Now, whether you agree with my politics or not, stay with me. As with so many things with me, it will all come back around.) I couldn't believe that after all of George W. Bush's dumbassery, after [...]
My Type: Addicts and Peter Pan
When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a boy, and that love has never left me. I may say there was a boy in junior high school who was my first love, but there was someone even before him, someone whose eyes I've seen twinkling from the face of every man [...]
Read Meme
Shawn at Letters to my Daughters tagged me with two memes simultaneously: one on reading and one on writing. I don't have time to do both tonight, so I'm going to do the easier of the two. The rules: 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages)2. Open the book to page [...]
It’s that Time of Year
I've always wondered about this one line in that Christmas song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," the line about there being "scary ghost stories." Christmas, at least as I've known it, isn't the time for scary ghost stories; that's why we have Halloween, slumber parties and camping. Christmas has one scary ghost [...]
Read Memememe!
Ok, usually when people do that meme thing where they say "I'm not going to tag anyone, just do it if you want to," I go away and pout because I didn't get tagged, so obviously no one loves me. And I get all huffy and say, "Fine! If you don't love me enough to [...]
I’m Off! (And Asking for Book Recs)
Ok, I'm done whining about the big scary plane ride. I've done my yoga and meditation. I've packed my bags (one for clothes, one for books). A friend has given me a whole pack of placebo anxiety pills (Tic Tacs). I have my Courageous Blogger Award. I've got my iPod. I'm ready to go to [...]
