As my husband drove our family to North Jersey for Easter dinner, we listened to sports radio, a-flutter with news of basketball (both college and the NBA) and opening day for baseball. We chatted that we couldn't believe that baseball was starting up again, and that tomorrow is April. "The rhythm of the seasons," my…
Opera Night
Last night, my husband and I put on our fancy pants and headed to the Opera. The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, New York City to be exact. I know--first Foxwoods, now this. Smoke-filled casinos in Connecticut, to dinner and the opera at Lincoln Center. That's how we roll. [I haven't previously mentioned this, but…
WOAW Fiction- The Coffee Ban
Below is the beginning of a short story I started writing some time ago. I thought I'd share the first few pages where I introduce the characters to see if you wanted to read more. It's simple-- just my goofy attempt at satire. Hope you enjoy! The Coffee Ban DAY ONE: Columbus, Ohio Sarah watched…
The Weekend Getaway
HI EVERYONE! I'm back! Home from my weekend getaway with my husband. We had a great time so I thought I'd share some highlights for tonight's post. Where did we go? Well, any local New York Knicks fan around the turn of the millenium could sing along with the commercial that we were forced to listen…
Let the Sunshine In!
I'm so happy to accept the Sunshine Award from The (notso) Secret Life of a PhD student. Based in London, she writes beautiful posts, including this post which I love about why we love to read. She's also a fan of The Good Wife, Beetlejuice, and milk chocolate, and published an article on Turkish youth called "Why…
2AM Christmas Day
The Daily Post Creative Writing Challenge: 2AM Photo, can be found here. Here's my contribution (fiction, but the pic is mine). Christmas, and this is what his father sends me: It's 2 AM Christmas Day, and this is what his father sends me. As if I don't feel guilty enough. I couldn't help it. I…
São Tomé and Principe
Thanks to everyone for your thoughts on the What's the Answer? post concerning the Steubenville, Ohio rape case. I will think on your comments and then post a follow-up. I think it's an important topic and appreciate the conversation. Tonight is a lite-post night. It's back to the blank world map for another geography lesson courtesy of…
Friday Fun with Ferris!
I planned on writing my 50 Shades of Grey post today, but I had a crap day at work, and my 50 Shades post, believe it or not, seems to require a lot of brain power. Moreso than the author put into the actual book, I'm afraid. I never take notes on posts, and I…
WOAW’s Girl Talk- MacGyver vs. The Makeup
Welcome to WOAW's first installment of Girl Talk! (Men are encouraged to participate, read and learn.) Previously I shared that my dad "pimped our van" back in the 70's. Besides his mad van designing skills, Dad took on many home improvement challenges with his kooky, innovative mind. For example, Dad could fix just about anything…
Writing Buddies
I met Angela (who blogs at Telling New Stories) three years ago, and upon discovering that she enjoyed writing I told her about an idea I had for a book. She said two words in response that changed my life: "Write it." Upon hearing those words, I huffed. Yeah, right! How was I going to…
Waiting on a Word 
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