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Melodious Talk
I’m studying American Literature in my last semester of college, and right now I’m in the middle of writing a paper about Kate Chopin, an unsung literary pioneer of the late 19th century. Her first (and only published) novel so inflamed … Continue reading
Posted in MindFrame
Tagged American Literature, Edith Wharton, feminism, Kate Chopin
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The Treasure of the Severe Madre
Son met me for sushi the other night and said with great fanfare that he had good news for me. It was about the pile of stuff he had piled in our basement in a big pile. Both my kids … Continue reading
Posted in The Kids Are Alright
Tagged college, Craigslist, humorous, kids
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Boomer U
Here in New York City, we have an institution known as The Learning Annex. It was started by an enterprising guy in his studio apartment in 1980, and for those who don’t live here, studio digs in the city average … Continue reading
Posted in Skool Daze
Tagged New York, The Learning Annex, The Monkey Business Illusion
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The Rain in Maine falls mainly
Husband and I are wrapping up a vacation to the seaside towns in southern Maine. We did this before in the spring of 2009, and although we had a lovely time on that trip, we made a note to ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Travelblog
Tagged Maine, New Hampshire, Portland, Portsmouth, seaside towns, vacation
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Roll Call
Back when my father ran his company out of a building down in Soho, I walked into his office one day and found him poring over the Times. When I got close enough to see what page he was on, I asked, … Continue reading
Don’t be an answer to a question that no one asked
Every morning I read the horoscopes of those I love, not because I believe in astrologists, but because the whole idea of a page in a newspaper devoted to such generic individual advice tickles me. I fantasize about what it would take … Continue reading
Posted in MindFrame
Tagged Christmas, Halloween, horoscopes, Thanksgiving
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Hanging with the Bard
As part of my current course in Shakespearean drama, I viewed a videotape of a performance from 1976 of The Taming of the Shrew. It was part of Public Broadcasting’s Great Performances series and features members of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre. Petruchio … Continue reading
Posted in All the World's a Stage
Tagged Great Performances, Kiss Me Kate, Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
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Baker’s Dozen Love Story
If you’ve had reason to redecorate in the past ten years, you may have noticed that the array of available colors has increased exponentially along with the variety of names those colors are called. The wall of paint color strips … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Considered
Tagged accent wall, Love Story, paint chips, redecorate
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Bedbug City
It is now official; New York has reached its pinnacle of notoriety for the summer of 2010. Along with the ongoing heated debate about the proposed lower Manhattan Islamic cultural center – dubbed the Ground Zero mosque – and the … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts and Adventures
Tagged bedbugs, city, home repair, humor, New York
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