Where living an amazing life never gets old
Joshua Braff’s family-drama novel, Peep Show, begins as the camera-toting David Arbus nears his 1975 high school graduation. Braff marks each new chapter with street photography as though possibly photographed by the protagonist himself. The allusion to famed real-life photographer Diane Arbus is clear. The story spans a few pivotal years of David’s turbulent coming…
She made many other artists’ songs famous, but penned her most haunting tune herself and titled her biggest-selling album,” “Diamonds and Rust” after it. The clear and strong voice of a generation, JoanBaez helped define the 1960’s, becoming a symbol of folk music itself. She sang with – and about — Bob Dylan and was…
Filled with vacations and lazy weekends, summer is a big reading season. So, back by popular demand, I’m offering another Boxes of Books promotion! Many of you have been asking me to do one before the Fourth of July so here you go, my fellow book lovers. All you have to do to get a big…
The 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander pulled up to our house right in time for the Fourth of July weekend, an appropriate time for a car that offered us the freedom to do so much during our week-long test drive.
I get that the name, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, may not appeal to you and that you’re probably thinking, “Why would I want to see a movie about hunting wilderpeople? What the hell are wilderpeople and why in the world are they being hunted?”
Oh, there’s been some really great stuff going around Facebook this week, so grab a Diet Coke and a donut (yes, I’m a bad influence), take a break and enjoy.
Gloria Steinem turns 80 tomorrow. She says she has no intention of retiring, which is something we should all be grateful for — especially because the ERA has still not passed. In celebration, I’m reposting this piece from two years ago. I’m also signing this card to wish her a happy birthday, and hope you will,…
You know how much I love to travel? Well, that’s also how much I hate to pack. I’d rather go to the dentist than have to pack. I’d rather clean my house than have to pack. But right now, I’m dragging out the suitcases, including my awesome UGOBAG, above,
