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Writing, reading, and other vital matters

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Stop pretending. All you really want is–

Monday, November 20th, 2006

One of the benefits of being a grown up is you don’t actually have to eat your peas if you…

Weekly massages and other fantasies

Monday, November 13th, 2006

I subscribe to a great magazine called Women’s Adventure, which includes among its regular contributors author and outdoorswoman Pam Houston…

Guilty pleasures: the food edition

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

This is what happens on the in-between days. We’re going backpacking tomorrow, but today we’re sitting in this hotel room,…

The Great Great Escape

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

I happened to catch on TV yesterday the second-best movie of all time (after The Princess Bride, of course). The

A week without reading

Monday, August 7th, 2006

I didn’t feel like reading last week. And I may not this week. And I’m okay with that.

This may…

Are you a rejuvenile?

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

I was listening to this great piece yesterday on NPR about the rejuvenile movement–adults returning to their childish roots.…

Neville and The Coat

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Two MAJOR sightings in the past 24 hours.

First, at the National Gallery in London today, I saw our friend…

Mr. Darcy and the wet shirt

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

As I mentioned yesterday, anyone who has seen the A & E version of Pride and Prejudice knows what we…

Jane Austen geek

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Okay, yes, I am.

To prove it, I’ve come all this way across the ocean, sitting upright overnight on a…

Minimum daily requirements

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

I’m heading to England the day after tomorrow, and the report from my stepdaughter, whom I’m meeting over there, is…

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