It is quality rather than quantity that matters. —Lucius Annaeus Seneca Except when it come to sex. —Husbands everywhere If you believe what you see and hear, marriage isn’t sexy. Somewhere between going to the chapel and the exchange of gold bands, life stops being a sensual affair and becomes a matronly one. It is as…
Tag: movies
100 Shades of Me
If you have grade school kids you may be familiar with 100th day of school celebrations. Students are invited to bring in 100 of some ‘thing‘ and they happily spend the day gluing 100 pieces of Ziti or 100 Cheerios onto a big poster board. Like so many other child and school related scenarios, it…
What about prom, Blaine?
You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That’s the way we saw each other at seven o’clock this morning. We were brainwashed… Here’s an exercise: try explaining what the words jock, nerd, dork and geek mean to your children without resorting to stereotypes. A commute…
May the Force be with You (Life lessons through a Star Wars filter)
Like almost every other kid that grew up in the 70s, I grew up with the Star Wars franchise. But as an adult woman, it was never much more than a first attempt special effects, kind of kitsch, kind of nostalgic bit of childhood. And then I went and had a couple of boys. My…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 