"This caught my eye when I was at ArtBeat in Franklin - not only is it colorful but its made from recycled materials. I read that its an ancient Mayan technique. Totally cute, practical and ...Read More >
Why did I stir from bed on this humid July day in Florence, Italy? One reason is gelato; in this punishing season, gelato is not a treat, it is a necessity. Since arriving in Florence, I have su...Read More >
So today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. I received an email, a chain letter of sorts, with a photograph of a baby’s hand resting on the arm of an elderly woman, the tiny fingers nearly touching the n...Read More >
If you can’t name the song playing out of the boom box John Cusack holds over his head in “Say Anything,” sorry….we simply should not be friends (it’s “In Your Eyes”). If hearing C...Read More >
Every Thursday afternoon, you could find Hazel and Violet Edwards, single sisters in their 50s, sitting in Dr. MacDonald’s small downtown office. Once a week, the optometrist traveled from a ...Read More >
Writing a romance novel can be hard.
Very hard.
Not actually hard like a slow, throbbing, erect dragon waiting to release its masculine fire inside you, but hard like difficult.
This is espec...Read More >
Back in college, I lived on a steady diet of frozen yogurt, falafel, and Simone de Beauvoir. She was my heroine, and her book The Second Sex was my Bible. I also read Germaine Greer and many obscure F...Read More >
By the ripe age of 21, every woman should be able to undo their own bra. As young girls fumbling our way through puberty, we are handed down an age-old technique for bra removal. This little behind...Read More >
In 1965, Dominican diplomat, race car driver, and general man about town Porfirio Rubirosa married his fifth wife, French actress Odile Rodin. He was a young 56. She was a mature 19. When interviewi...Read More >
My better half is on his way home after a 5-day business trip and it might as well have been five weeks.
Since he’s been gone we’ve hit multiple levels in the “Are you kiddi...Read More >
Tie Dye~To Die For
Every year tie dye seems to make its way in and out of my clostet. I always find myself sending pieces to the goodwill. I think this is because I'm making these items a...Read More >
Apparently it has been predetermined that 2009 will be the Year-of-Major-Appliances-Crappin’-the-Bed in my home. I haven’t made one single payment on my new washer and dryer ...Read More >
Venturing to Cambridge tonight literally satiated my epicurean tendencies. Imagine an event where 50 restaurants set up shop to serve you their signature dish. And I'm not talking about th...Read More >