Author Archives
Movies, mindfulness, and musings. With a sarcastic tone.
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Gracie and Jynx: Reunited and It Feels So Good!
Do you all remember when I mentioned that my rescue pup’s mom, Jynx, was finally adopted? Turns out the man who adopted her lives about 15 minutes from me, so my mom and I decided to reunite the mother/daughter pair… Read More ›
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Poem of the Week: wandering in the cage by Charles Bukowski
wandering in the cage languid conjecture during hours of moil, trapped in the shadows of the father. sidewalks outside of cafes are lonely through the day. my cat looks at me and is not sure what I am and I… Read More ›
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Poem of the Week: 49 1/2 by Sharon Olds
49 1/2 The first long month, waiting and waiting, I fear I am pregnant. The second long month, a clot appears, ruby-crowned kinglet’s nest. Well – that’s it, I hear myself saying, in passionless wonder. For a moment, I… Read More ›
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#MovieQuoteMonday: Capote (2005)
“I did everything I could. I truly did” – Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote, 2005. I never truly understood narcissism until I saw this movie. Up until that time, I thought it referred to someone who was… Read More ›
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Product Review: Alba Botanica Pore Purifying Pineapple Enzyme Hawaiian Facial Cleanser
Whew, what a long product name. My quest for vegan skincare that actually works continues. While I haven’t blogged about it, one of my goals for this year is to find skincare and makeup that are completely cruelty-free and vegan. I’m… Read More ›
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Poem of the Week: The Clasp by Sharon Olds
The Clasp She was four, he was one, it was raining, we had colds, we had been in the apartment two weeks straight, I grabbed her to keep her from shoving him over on his face, again, and when I… Read More ›
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#MovieQuoteMonday: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Now, Mr. Prentice, clearly a most reasonable man, says he has no wish to offend me, but wants to know if I’m some kind of a nut. And Mrs. Prentice says that like her… Read More ›
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Poem of the Week: [During the Second World War…] by Charles Reznikoff
[During the Second World War…] During the Second World War, I was going home one night along a street I seldom used. All the stores were closed except one—a small fruit store. An old Italian was inside to wait on… Read More ›
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Movie Quote Monday: Something to Talk About (1995)
“Emma Rae, I have a cookbook to put out, and a daughter to raise, and the God damn winter Grand Prix. And I just don’t have time for the nervous breakdown I deserve, so please, don’t ask me to stop… Read More ›
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Support Mike and Wendy Stura: Vegan Superstars
I haven’t come across very many people in my life who can truly walk the walk and talk the talk, especially in the world of animal rescue and veganism. That is, until I met Mike and Wendy Stura. Last summer,… Read More ›