bundles of wonderful faults

There is magic in the books which await me on my shelf and the words of a woman from long ago, found tucked away in a box in my attic… Anouk Markovits said… Read More →

it’s all about the hawk and the peas

When I was younger I was very methodical about how I ate… not to the point where it would be diagnosable, but I so enjoyed the order of my plate that rather than… Read More →

pyotr and the wolves

I’ll bet you think that’s me, lounging around in full makeup and kitten-heeled slippers. But surely you must know that any hour I have will most definitely not be spent in heels or… Read More →

detachment

What to do on a Friday night, besides watch a disturbing and depressing movie? In any event, I have no regrets. Detachment indeed. There is something about Adrien Brody. Yes, those sad eyes,… Read More →

shiny noses, protruding ears, thick waists

Some days I see patterns everywhere. Maybe I do something and it’s as though I can see all the puzzle pieces of my past coming together, little ooh-la-la-aha moments of how I got… Read More →

gravestones and junk mail

We may think that when we die we will sink into obscurity, lost forever but in the hearts and minds of those who loved (or despised) us. These days many end up with… Read More →

a sucker for simplicity

I’m a sucker for simplicity, a lover of designs that make sense and advice that is without fluff, or wax. [my favorite word origin: sincere = without wax = hiding imperfections, as in… Read More →

in praise of fear (and rom-coms)

First the serious, then the silly. The complex, then the simple. First Charlotte and a hint of Katie (Roiphe, not Couric), then Ryan and Matthew. So fascinated by the documentary on Charlotte Rampling,… Read More →

and i this flowing cloak

In college I lived with many others in a house that was so old and drafty that our hair became icicles when we got out of the shower. We returned home one night… Read More →

my lovely hibernation

I’ve been nesting lately. It’s that time of year, I suppose, although animals tend to build their nests in Spring, don’t they? Whoops. Better said I’ve been preparing my hibernation den. Or perhaps… Read More →