It’s been a very long time since I thought about Lucy Grealy. After a recent discussion with my sister, her memoir and her ability to address a topic that I shy away from has reminded me what a gifted writer she was.
Read MoreA moment of grief on a lunchtime break.
Read MoreThe Russian activist is dead. Long live Navalny.
Read MoreBabe Paley. Definitely not someone of the #MeToo generation. Then again, who knows? These women hold a certain fascination for me as we live through the pile up of sex and power between the genders.
Read MoreMan. It’s been a while between posts. I’ve been the single aunt holding down a job and looking after le petite dauphin so that’s my excuse.
Read MoreIn a few short weeks, Arthur will be arriving for a student exchange and staying with us until the end of the year. I don’t think we quite know what we’ve got ourselves into.
Read MoreKristin Scott Thomas and Anna Chancellor are the best characters in FW&aF. We all know it and after revisiting the movie the other week, it’s only cemented my theory.
Read MoreOnline browsing is a thing. I can peruse certain online stores for h-o-u-r-s. Not to buy (believe it or not) but to gaze and test my powers of denial and self restraint.
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