Foot Print
Foot in the Door, 2011, by Julie VonDerVellen made of paper, acrylic paint and inkjet print.
Ah, the Fifties
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On Sunday, while cooking a tasty recipe from Emeril Lagasse for chicken and andouille sausage gumbo, I had the TV on. I got mesmerized by The Tender Trap, released in 1955, the haloed years of marriage. There’s a stunning monologue in the film by Celeste Holm about why she bothers with bad boys (which I’ll post later this week). This clip is from another scene, and though it feels archaic, there’s some truth here.
Happy Hour
Check out this seasonal poem, Gin by Jacqueline Berger, with its ode to my favorite drink.
(Spoiler alert: No husband, no inane fights.)
Civil Disobedience At Its Finest
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Louise Parks refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. Her arrest sparked a boycott of the bus line, and fueled by its gifted spokesperson, Martin Luther King, Jr., it quickly reverberated throughout the country. Parks is recognized as the mother of the modern day civil rights movement.
Reach
One of the reasons I love ballet class, despite its frustrations, is that it gives me the chance to confront fears in a safe environment and try to get past them. Leaving the ground is not a comfortable place for me, but I keep plugging away, hoping tomorrow, it’ll get easier.
Image via Gazpachot
What Do Single Women Look Like?
I have a bone to pick with one of my favorite writers, Haruki Murakami. I love his books, and breathlessly await each publication. I’ve been tearing through his blockbuster novel, IQ84, which arrived in the States a few weeks ago to rave reviews. And then I saw this, on page 179: Continue reading »
Getting Lost. Finding the Way. Getting Lost.
And so it goes…
Image: Staying on Course by Dadu Shin
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