reading time: 2 minutesSaturday 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 […]
reading time: 2 minutesplay 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 […]
reading time: 4 minutesimage: 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 […]
reading time: 3 minutesLet 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 […]
reading time: 2 minutesclick 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. […]
reading time: 4 minutesIf 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 […]
reading time: 2 minutesThis 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 […]
reading time: 4 minutesAin’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 […]
reading time: < 1 minuteplay 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 […]
reading time: 3 minutesI 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 […]