Live With Flair

I just took myself out to lunch. I asked myself questions I wanted and needed to answer. I took notes on myself in my journal.

I’ve been thinking about stamina today because in the world of writing and grading, one needs a certain ability to keep at it for long

I read the NYT interview with Eddie Redmayne and Emma Stone, and I loved Stone’s memory of her first acting coach in LA telling her

My daughters and I love to talk about being ourselves and not changing who we are to fit in. Besides, we know that every community

A friend asked me to share with her some of my favorite poems because she is a scientist who never once took a poetry course.

In winter, I want to hibernate. I find myself turning in on myself. I find myself burrowing into my blankets and closing down. It’s cold.

I’m watching Because of Winn-Dixie for family movie night because my youngest daughter just finished the book by the same title (by the wonderful Kate

I love expressions like this one: “Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.” In other words, when represented precisely–exactly and particularly–we find extraordinary evidence

Guess how we are surviving the long afternoons and evenings indoors during this bitter cold winter?Salt dough.  You remember salt dough, right? Just combine 1

This morning I read Psalm 81, and I learn all about how the Israelites were tested “at the waters of Meribah.” If you read in