Feb 25, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
I was walking to the car in our very urban part of town. Something glittery caught my eye on the sidewalk. Someone had made a heart out of tin foil. It made me grin. (Okay, I know it is trash … and trash is bad. But if you look beyond that — it’s a...
Feb 17, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
My beau, Ian, and I spent a long weekend in Hollywood, where I was performing in the Mortified Doomed Valentine’s Show. Driving back up Hwy 1, we stopped at Solvang for Aebleskiver (sweet grease balls of dessert) and wandered around...
Feb 10, 2010 | Unique Gifts
This week I received a surprise gift in the mail from someone I have never met. I saw that the return address on the box was from my online friend and colleague, Kate Rosin. I’d never received anything from Kate before. I was intrigued. I opened the box and...
Feb 9, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
The other night I was visiting with some girlfriends and one of them happened to mention that she had made a lip-sync video — “just for fun.” We begged her to show it to us, and she finally relented. (Though afterward, she said she was...
Feb 3, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
On Monday I wrote a little bit about focus. That afternoon I went to the library to pick up some books my son and I had reserved online. One that awaited me was Rapt; Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher. I was struck by the lovely coincidence...
