why i read Esquire-instead of women’s magazines…i suppose i’m well past the age of believing there is some magic pot of expensive whatever, that will keep me young. Advertising in women’s mags, i am deeply offended by the barely twenty year old, trying to sell me an anti-aging product that will rid me of…well, aging….
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words are mightier than a sword
“the pen is mightier than the sword” well, of course it is. the sword was created for one thing only, to destroy. the pen…words can both destroy or create. words can contain incredible power. words can be used to decimate, dominate, debilitate & bring you to your knees. and once you’ve hit the floor, some…
throw back Thursday or the secret geek x-men fan
this coffee mug was a gift from my high school boyfriend. i started reading X-men comics when I was 13 years old. being snowed in most of the year, in Vermont, i read every book on my mother’s book shelves & even read quite a few of my father’s set of Harvard Classics…my brother was…
words that rocked me
I found a Smithsonian magazine in the Vanderbilt Hospital waiting room. The Smithsonian has always been a favorite of mine. I have a tendency to read the magazine from cover to cover. Regardless of any initial interest of the subject, I read everything. Regardless of having had a formulated opinion on the subject matter,…
Vermont vs. Alabama
I grew up in Vermont. Vermont has five seasons, winter, mud, spring, summer, fall. My favorite season was winter. When I was a kid, in the 70’s & the 80’s, when Vermont had snow & I had no nerves endings to feel the cold. I remember looking at snow through the windows while I was…
Who is this child?
Most people fall into a broad category of terms to define who they are. Words I’d use to describe myself would differ greatly from how others would describe me. We all make assumptions on appearance or on a career choice or what schools we attended. The characteristics that are familiar in anyone I meet, I…
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