Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around farms. My mother’s family held generations of farmers in its branches and by the time I showed up there were still a few, limping along. One, on the outskirts of the town my mother grew up in, contained a romantic orchard, with rows upon rows of neatly [...]
Moments
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about time, and the fleeting moments that mark its passage. I’ve been identifying the characteristics that tend to inhabit my favorite moments, the ones to which I hold on and retrieve from memory when I need a boost. Frequently, I’ve discovered, they seem to occur around a coffee cup. [...]
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BlogHer, Beaches and Bambi – Part One
A week ago, I was in New York, exhausted, exhilarated and sticky hot. I’d just spent three days with a few thousand women and a handful of men who are passionate about the blogosphere and who have found a gazillion ways to make it their own. Yes, BlogHer 2010. Much has already been written about [...]
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Perpendicular Expression
George Bernard Shaw is credited with having said: Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. I don’t have any idea of the context in which he made such a statement, and I must admit that I’ve never thought of him in association with dancing, but I’ve always loved his way with words and [...]
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