Two more days until the arrival of Eve on bookshelves. It feels a bit surreal. It’s a little like hanging your laundry out to dry, and having people comment on the type of underwear you wear. Indeed, I’m guessing this is how artists of all mediums feel–a little exposed, a little vulnerable. But, as I’ve […]
Oscar Nominees
This will be the first year that Dan and I will not have seen most, if not all, of the Oscar-nominated films before Oscar night. In the past, we have found that throwing our own votes into the mix spices things up. This afternoon Dan and I saw Revolutionary Road, based on Richard Yates’s 1962 […]
The Invitation
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.” So starts Oriah’s poem that opens her book. A friend sent this book to me, having sent me quotes from it while Dan and I were […]
Modeling Behavior
Well, Liliana and I went to the doctor this morning to get her bright pink cast off, and instead the doctor decided, after removing it and x-raying her thumb, to put another one back on–for two more weeks! The bone is not healed yet. Let me tell you. The cast probably bothers us more than […]
Hilarious Things
Dan and I were flying back from somewhere, when we discovered a book recommendation list in the US Airways Magazine. One caught our eye immediately as the “funniest unknown book in the world,” and we decided that we had to read it (which we’ve both just done). The postscript by Anthony Burgess says it best, […]