I like to write.
This weekend, again, I decided to stay off Twitter, and binge The West Wing instead. (It’s now overdue again from the library. I should have just given them $10 when I picked it up.) Sometime on Saturday night, and on my (third) (??) glass of wine, I started watching the episode called “The Drop-In,” followed … Read more
The last few weeks have been tough. You could make the argument that all the weeks have been tough since the presidential election. But lately, Donald Trump had apparently taken his meds and flushed them down the toilet, then taken the toilet and had it demolished. Then there was the mass shooting in Las Vegas … Read more
Look, it’s not fair to build up the first half of the season of West Wing like it’s gonna fix everything for me right now. It’s not fair if you’re just gonna flip the script and give the president a severe disease. (SPOILERS. Although, I mean I’m the only one who hasn’t seen it yet.) … Read more
Here I was, all set to write about the first season of The West Wing — and I have finished it, and it was spectacular — and then the GOP had to release their grand health care replacement plan. It has raised some eyebrows from some who say that it appears to be about neither … Read more
Let me tell you something, girlfriend (because you’re not a guy writing this fluff crap): I am old enough to remember when people were genuinely outraged when Orangino became president. A lot of other people are, too. Having been a journalist, I understand that you can’t keep beating a dead horse. So, sure, you have … Read more
What do you do when your source … well, stops cooperating? At some point, that’s the question the producers and reporter involved with “S-town” had to tackle. It’s their resolution that gives me some unease. It’s hard to recommend this podcast, because I have questions about this very point. I was telling my husband about … Read more
Last weekend, while many people were making plans to attend their annual journey to their local Irish pub – right at the end of the day – the Miami State’s Attorney’s office released its memo regarding the 2012 death of Darren Rainey in a Miami prison. I had never heard of the case until I … Read more
First, let’s talk about how hard it is to find a copy of “The West Wing” if you don’t want to pay for it. And I’m cheap. Unapologetically so. I mean, you could buy it, but it’s probably not a great idea to invest in a box set of something you might not like. So … Read more
Personally, 2016 was a good year. I was able to make a final decision to leave a career that was no longer fulfilling and was fortunate to find a new job that’s just out of my comfort zone. My family is healthy and happy. Most people can say this, but yet 2016 will go down … Read more
I like to think of myself as someone who is open to all styles and authors and viewpoints. Having said that, I also decided some years ago that I would bail out of a book if it wasn’t worth it. There is not exactly a scientific approach to arriving to the idea that the book … Read more