Not all heroes wear capes
I was at the mall recently and was dismayed to see that capes are in again this fall/winter. (Perhaps they were ponchos, but for the sake of my point, I’m […]
Bad Spellers Untie
The first time I saw this slogan on a T-shirt in a Signals catalog (not that I’m promoting Signals…not that I’m not promoting Signals…I’m just saying), I liked it because […]
Literary Allusions…Not Illusions
I have blogged quite a bit about Pride and Prejudice for the simple reason that I happen to love Pride and Prejudice. I love the characters. I love the story. […]
Why I Like Period Pieces. Period!
English Lit class, many moons ago. The professor has just announced that the next novel we have to read will be Pride and Prejudice (somehow it always ends up being […]
Pigeonholed
I have a question for you. How did you spend your time during the pandemic? If you’re like me, I’m sure you had lots of big plans that didn’t exactly […]
The Enchanted April: Book Review
It was winter and I was commuting to work on public transportation and my commute involved a train, a shuttle bus, the metro, and a whole lot of standing around […]
Everything’s coming up roses!
I recently heard someone (on TV) use the expression, “In the weeds,” which was an idiom I had never heard before. Based on the context, I thought I had a […]
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The […]
Lily’s Movie Reviews: Kedi
Kedi is a beautiful, heart-warming documentary film about how the good people of Istanbul care for the city’s hundreds of thousands of semi-stray cats, but it is also about how […]
Whatchamacallit…Part Two
Do you know what this thing is called? Hint, it’s not called that thing above the 7. While it represents the word and, technically, it’s not called and or even […]
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