Writing on creativity and life

Searching for Wonder Woman

Where is Wonder Woman? Where is that beautiful, intelligent and powerful kinky boot-wearing Amazon who kindles–and then crushes men’s fantasies?   Historically, men have ruled as superheroes in pop culture, because the stories were written by men, for men, and continues in comic books  today.  Women have been mostly sidelined to represent love interests and damsels in distress–that …

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Belated Back to School Goals

Back to school time is a perfect time to hit the reset button and set goals for you and your children.   How I wish I had set my back to school goals prior to the start of school.  I didn’t want the shimmering, loosely-structured summer of play to end. However, a part of me welcomed the schedule and …

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Unaccompanied minors: part 2 

What happens when unaccompanied minors travel from Granada, Spain to live with you for three weeks during summer? They become family. (Read Unaccompanied Minors: part 1, if you missed it.) I believe that family is a group of people related to each other by blood or connection; those who support and help each other, but …

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Unaccompanied minors: part 1

What happens when unaccompanied minors travel from Granada, Spain to live with you for three weeks during summer? They become family. Unaccompanied minors is a special service some airlines have for children who are flying alone. Our sleepy unaccompanied minors arrived around midnight July 12th from Granada, Spain. A few hours later, 13 year-old twins …

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Hope and redemption for Mad Men

If I were to send a letter to Matthew Weiner – the creator of Mad Men – it would go something like this: Dear Matthew Weiner, Thank you for creating one of the best shows on earth.  I will miss anticipating what’s next in the life of Don Draper and watching the cast of characters evolve and express their …

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