Brief statements concerning the movies. 1. In our preparations for the Academy Awards, we have been unstinting. We have seen the document...

Here is a list of things I forgot to do this week: but I did so I think that's mostly a win.

Q: Whatsoever did happen to the three little dogs? A: Well, it was high drama. Online, on the website for the animal shelter of my city, i...

Dear the word "indefatigable," I just spelled you for my husband, the historian, who is copy-editing a manuscript he has worked on...

The people, what is it with us and dogs? 1. It is the historian, whose deep compassion for a lost dog knows practically no limits. NO LIMITS...

1. The Jazz and Jerry Sloan. I have opinions. And I have thoughts. To sum up: I wish it had happened either last summer or this upcoming su...

I saw theorris 's instagrams , and thought: why can't I have that? (an unattractive yet persistent thought in my noggin, it must be ...

While we were in Washington, D.C., a few friends gathered at a pretty fabulous restaurant. It is one of those restaurants where the provenan...

Dear Monday, Thank you for the little things. The canceled meeting, the quiet morning. The peach turnover, which, though it doesn't scre...

So: home. This entailed getting up at 4:30 a.m. and venturing forth, showerless and inadequately rested (this goes without saying), still wi...

Dear Flight Across the Continent, First of all, I want to express my gratitude for the conditions under which I undertook you: the plane was...

Even though I was sick enough to stay at home, work at home, fall into a sick afternoon nap wherein I dreamed that a mouse ran across the co...

had a beautiful dinner with the historian and his children to belatedly celebrate his birthday (happy belated birthday to the historian!); t...

Dear Greater Los Angeles Area, I know that you hogged up all the water and that you are pocked with areas of shocking blight. When we drove ...

I made this list on January 19. * indicates I thought the film would probably get nominated X = the film did get nominated. 8/10. Plus a few...

The ideal weekend by lisa b.

Or: fraudulence has its moments. How did it happen that I am teaching a Publication Studies class this semester? I can trace the genealogy o...

"When plain pancakes no longer thrill." was the headline for an article in today's New York Times, by Mark Bittman, The Mini...

Son : What's for dinner? M e: Thought I'd make soup. (chopping) Son: . . . soup seems so . . . 50s to me. Me: (laugh/chop) Son:...

It starts on Tuesday, so there's that. Only one stressful meeting--a bunch of non-stressful ones--and my poetry group at the end of it. ...