I had had migraines from about age 15 and terrible respiratory and skin-reaction allergies all my life into young adulthood. At 22, I had become disillusioned with public education classroom teaching and schools (after being in my third one by then) and sought a change in my teaching situatio...
June 28 I babysat for my granddaughter yesterday for the first “official” time, so that her mom could attend an online meeting in the home and her dad could work at home as well. We did great together! I am so happy to be included in her/their lives this way; it’s the main re...
The second book isThe Dictionary of Lost Wordsby Pip Williams. It’s one of those books where you get lost in the story but learn something new too – such as the origin of ‘bumf’ – a handful of paper used as ‘bum fodder’ in WWI in the absence of toilet paper. Set in the ...
houses of the potency that made contact with the spirit world possible; that guaranteed humankind’s existence by facilitating healing, rainmaking and animal control and that by flowing between nature and people, gathered up all aspects of life in a single spiritual unity.” David Lewis-Williams...
Gus Van Sant directed the drama, which centers on an MIT janitor (Damon) who is secretly a genius; after a bar brawl, he begins seeing a therapist (Robin Williams, who won Best Supporting Actor for the role). Affleck, Stella Skarsgard, and Minnie Driver co-star. ...
and Candice Carty-Williams’Queenieare all excellent, complicated coming-of-age or millennial narratives that hold their own against Rooney’s in terms of content and craft.The Idioteven contains miscommunication, pining, and emails at an elite university. But objectively speaking, none of these ...
Gus Van Sant directed the drama, which centers on an MIT janitor (Damon) who is secretly a genius; after a bar brawl, he begins seeing a therapist (Robin Williams, who won Best Supporting Actor for the role). Affleck, Stella Skarsgard, and Minnie Driver co-star. ...
Amanda Williamsof Chicago, IL, is anartistandarchitect“reimagining public space to expose the complex ways that value, both cultural and economic, intersects with race in the built environment.” Melanie Matchett Woodof Harvard University is amathematician “addressing foundational questions in number...
My mom got sick in mid-December and has been in and out of the hospital and is now in rehab, to recover from a debilitating time with pneumonia. At age 91.75, she is bouncing back amazingly well. BUT, we have not been able to watch almost any TV, so this post has no new reviews...
—Dar Williams(“When I Was A Boy,”“The Christians and the Pagans”), —Lucy Kaplansky(“This Morning I am Born Again,”“Reunion”), —Susan Werner(“Sunday Morning,”“Help Somebody,”“Heaven So Small,”“Did Trouble Me”), ...