Category Archives: My Thoughts
Yellowstone: Part Deux
It’s time for my Awesome Trip to Yellowstone National Park: Part Deux. If you missed Part I (“Hello, Supervolcano!“) then you can catch up here. Otherwise, read on for the awesome. After my husband and I left Firehole Lake, we continued south to … Continue reading
Hello, Supervolcano! My Trip to Yellowstone National Park (Part I)
On Thursday, July 24, my husband and I visited Yellowstone National Park. He had been there 3 times before (the last time being in 1998). I’d never visited the park. As a side note, July and August are the busiest … Continue reading
The Town that Twilight Built
I’m vacationing in the State of Washington this week, and I had a fantastic day yesterday– I went to Neah Bay, something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Tonight, I’m in the land of vampires– … Continue reading
Muscle Cars, Writer Mugs, Grumbles
It’s July, and I’m on vacation! I’ve never been to the State of Washington before, and I’m staying in Port Angeles tonight. Port Angeles is the most popular town for people to stay in before driving into Olympic National Park. … Continue reading
What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
The Fourth of July landed on a Friday this year. My husband left town for a fishing trip with a buddy, and I spent the day doing what I love–writing all day, in my happy oblivion. Right now, that happy … Continue reading
Michiko Kakutani and Emily Gould
Michiko Kakutani, as anyone who is a ravenous fan of Sex and the City knows, is a kickass critic at The New York Times. And if you read The New York Times Book Review, you know that Ms. Kakutani’s reviews are … Continue reading
Orange Is the New Black
This weekend, I finished reading Piper Kerman’s 2010 memoir of her 13 months spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, in 2004 and 2005. Her memoir is titled Orange Is the New Black and the Netflix show based … Continue reading
My Blog, My Spam
I have nine beautiful, wonderful people who subscribe to my blog– and a whole lot of spammers trying to comment on my blog. What do the spam comments say? Well, that’s the interesting part– … Continue reading
Emily Gould: Part II
I mentioned, in my last blog post (circa yesterday afternoon), that I had discovered Emily Gould, a young writer who became notorious for her work on Gawker, a website that provoked a lot of controversy by promoting “celebrity stalking”–wherein people could post … Continue reading
Meghan Daum, Emily Gould, and the Blogosphere
One of the authors who attended Aspen Summer Words this year was Meghan Daum. She’s written a book of essays, a novel, a memoir, has a second book of essays coming out in November, writes a column for the Los Angelas Times, … Continue reading