Little Miss Law in Training?

First of all, dear readers, let me comment on how many hits I received in the past day on my post about Jane Austen! I must say, I expected to get more comments in the vein of “What are you talking about? You’re not a spinster!” and I am very pleasantly surprised to [...]

Becoming Little Miss Law

Yesterday on the plane I began reading The Jane Austen Book Club, which I recommend if you’re a Jane Austen fan. For someone who considers herself a reader, I am ashamed to admit that I have read not even a single Austen novel, so that when the women in The Jane Austen Book Club [...]

Cyber-Crushing

Is it actually possible to have a crush on someone you’ve never…well, actually met?
I posed this question to T. today in the context of the new guy I’ve been emailing with, and she reassured me that yes, if it’s acceptable to have crushes on celebrities, it is definitely OK to crush on a [...]

It’s My Job, And I’ll Whine if I Want To

After my panic attack at work a couple of weeks ago, I have still been incredibly busy, but somewhat more calm. (Perhaps it’s just that I’m too busy to do more than just try to keep my head above water? Hmm.) I am still considering all my life options, but since I [...]

Memory

Dear readers, I’m not feeling very bloggy tonight.  So instead of a true blog, a poem, by Miller Williams:
Memory
You can’t keep all of the past in a backpack or purse
all of the time.  It’s heavy, and what’s worse,
it wouldn’t leave room for much else,
what with drive-in movies, wooden motels,
a record player with needles, a touring [...]

The Magic of Writing

This has been an incredibly relaxing weekend.  The weather has been hot and gorgeous, with sun and bright blue skies.  Yesterday I felt inclined to get some quality time with Noodles, so I took the opportunity to  start the book that has been gathering dust on my shelf for a year – Joan Didion’s The [...]

Reading, Writing and Fake Meat

Yet another quiet day at the office.  I sit at my near-clean desk (it just wouldn’t be me if it weren’t a little messy and cluttered) and stare at my brand-new flat computer screen.  I am in love with this screen as much as I have been in love with any inanimate object in recent [...]

Flashback: 1991-1992

Hello dear readers!
I am sitting at my parents’ laptop at the kitchen table, looking out at their gorgeous, lush and tranquil backyard. They had a new deck put in recently, and they put a lot of energy into maintaining the lawn and the various plants and flowers: ferns, rhodedhendrons (sp?), succulents, etc. It’s beautiful and [...]