Saturday 9: Papa, Can You Hear Me? (1984) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here. 1) The song begins with a prayer to “God, our Heavenly Father.” Do you often pray? Not in the traditional way. I’m spiritual more than religious. 2) This song is from the movie Yentl. Set in the early 1900s, it tells […]
play along here 1. What’s the best non-animated movie musical you’ve seen in the past several years? I watched this a couple years ago on Netflix, although it’s currently on Hulu. Good movie! synopsis: The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and […]
image: Wikipedia Katharine Hepburn is my all-time favorite actress, and one of my favorite human beings. She was a feminist, her parents both advocates for social change, holding progressive views that many of their time disapproved of. . Her father, Thomas, helped create an organization in New England that educated the public about sexually transmitted […]
Let me take you back to the spring of 1998. I was 27, almost 28. I was freshly divorced, a single mom of two boys. I was out of the Army, living back in my hometown. I had just started working as an executive secretary at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York after a […]
click the image above to play 1. Music. What kind of music do you enjoy? Are you musical? My musical tastes are as eclectic as my reading tastes. I’m a mood listener, just like I’m a mood reader. One day I could be listening to Metallica, the next Dropkick Murphys. Old-school Naughty by Nature to […]
If there is one thing I’m good at, it’s putting myself in embarrassing situations. It’s a gift. Or a curse. This particular event took place in 1989, when I was a young girl of not quite 19. In the present time, I am just two months shy of 51. What you should take from this […]
This week’s questions are stolen from The League of Extraordinary Penpals 1. Describe your phone lock screen. It’s black, with a Hello Kitty Face. My home screen is pink with white polka dots and another Hello Kitty Face. The go with my Popsocket which is another HK, reading. 2. How often do you journal? Almost every […]
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head (1960) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here. 1. Dean Martin asks the musical question, “How lucky can one guy be?” Tell us about a time when you got a lucky break. It didn’t seem lucky at the time, but it sure as hell turned out that way. […]
play along here 1. What’s the best thing you’ve done for yourself in recent days? Tuesday was a hard day for me, the anniversary of losing my father. So I took it easy on myself that day. I did yoga on the lanai when it was early enough that my only company was the birds. […]
I meander around Zillow a lot. Not because I’m shopping for a new home, but for my job. I use Zillow for research and inspiration for my writing. Sometimes I use it to get an idea of an area… the costs, the look, that kind of thing. But I also like having “muse” homes for […]