I wasn’t going to write anything about Trayvon Martin. His murder happened a long way away, and the newspapers here in Abu Dhabi are filled with plenty of stories of murder and mayhem (Syria, anyone?). Plus, you know, he’s African American and the murder happened in Florida, and so really, who am I, as a white woman in the Middle East, to weigh in on the terrible thing that happened …
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Monday Listicle: Class Reunion? should I stay or should I go?
Monday…the day after I didn’t watch the Oscars. It was either the red carpet being streamed live at 230AM or me, sleeping on my blue sheets? I went for the blue sheets and would like to thank the academy for creating a show that fueled a fabulous twitter stream that I dove into with my morning coffee…at 6AM.
50 is now a lot closer than it was yesterday
So today I’m 47. Yesterday I was a spritely 46. Today I’m only three years away from 50, my back aches and I slept funny on my neck so now it hurts to turn my head. What will I do today to celebrate, other than put a heating pad on my neck? Gosh, let’s see the list of fun things lined up for me: we started the morning with a …
Reverb #4: Cultivating Wonder
Today’s reverb#4 prompt: How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? I wondered what happened to my waist-line. I wondered what happened to my (aging) skin. I wondered when my children would stop squabbling with each other 45 out of every 60 minutes they spend together. I wondered why so much of my brain has to be devoted to logistics (see reverb #2, on “what …
Cosmo winner, country loser
A year ago, I celebrated my 45th birthday watching Barack’s inauguration. I drank champagne and cried (tears of joy mostly, although the horror of hitting “mid-forty” may have had something to do with it too); the world seemed filled with hope. A year later, another birthday, another political upheaval, but this one from the Northeast: Scott Brown’s win over Martha whatsisherface. A triumph of fear and half-truths over…well, over not …