I texted my sister to ask if she had seen the newest version of Little Women. I wanted her opinion, as it’s a habit of mine to review movies I haven’t seen, based on my biases and the biases of … Continue reading
Jill Zeller
It’s a mix of spices, each concoction different from the other. Kinda like this blog, because I start this one out with no idea where I will end up. A blog, like soup, is a place for leftovers. It’s not … Continue reading
“Hey, I’m going to Palm Springs. Want to go?” “Um, yeah!” My friend Mel and her husband are P. S. aficionados. Mel knows when flights and accommodations are cheapest (between Thanksgiving and Christmas), and they have stayed at least a … Continue reading
It was refreshing, I must say, to visit a dermatologist who did not within five minutes try to talk me into treatment for my lentigo. While aware of dermatology nomenclature and lesion description, I did not know the meaning of … Continue reading
The acceptable garb of my former workplace was one step below “business casual”. No suits on either men or women; the Director and Assistant Director (both male) came closest to the suit thing by wearing shirts and slacks without ties. … Continue reading
I wrote a haiku one evening, as the husband and I sat inside our empty house, weary, sore, feeding scraps to the dogs and wishing we were anywhere else. Now the house is sold, 21 years of accumulated matter of … Continue reading
I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading
I have to start today’s blog with a small scream. I am so excited about HBO’s dramatization of His Dark Materials. Having entered the premier date in my calendar, I was on my sofa that very day to watch and … Continue reading
We’re mostly unpacked after moving to the new house, wonderful, comfortable, large enough to hold the above hamster wheel desk. The old house has a buyer, November settled down on us with sunny and crisp cold days and colder nights … Continue reading
Henry James’s “Turn of the Screw” has been chewed up and swallowed by many film adaptations. Before I read the novella, my one and only exposure to this psychological ghost story was the one I still think is the best. … Continue reading