Don’t Kiss That Frog: How Trump & Fairy Tales Align
Beauty & The Beast is an enduring trope because of the magical thinking it supports. That is: ‘oh yes, he is a gruesome Beast now, but all he needs is a Be-u-ti-ful girlie to love him unquestioningly and he will transform into the wonderful man he really is:...
Style I Am
More than 25 years ago I interviewed for the position of editor for Style magazine at the Herald-Tribune, then a New York Times Company. Now, after all that time, I finally got the job. Even better is it’s a freelance gig! Sometimes what comes around goes around...The Infinite
“Every single person has within an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness. Every single human being can experience that – infinite intelligence, infinite creativity, infinite happiness, infinite energy, infinite dynamic peace. – David Lynch ...
Eclipse Day
Wake up. Coffee. Meditate. Feed cat, dog. Walk dog. Weather, hot humid. Rain, not yet. Sun streaming so bright reminds me I get headaches from too much light. Think about Lori, who flew from Manhattan to Nashville to view the eclipse from her perfect place along the...
"The longing to tell one’s story and the process of telling is symbolically a gesture of longing to recover the past in such a way that one experiences both a sense of reunion and a sense of relief." – bell hooks