Some writer indulgence

I so enjoy Garrison Keillor’s daily Writer’s Almanac and particularly loved this story in today’s: It’s the birthday of writer Annie Proulx, who also goes by E.A. Proulx or E. Annie Proulx, born Edna Annie Proulx in Norwich, Connecticut (1935)....

Quotable

Don’t you love choosing a book from your own shelves? A friend gave me Hugh Prather’s Notes to Myself a few years ago and it beckoned to me today. One gem: I’m convinced that this anxiety running through my life is the tension between what I...

Talking Mosque at the Pearly Gates

Took myself to 51 Park Place this week to check out the site of the Islamic Cultural Center in Lower Manhattan. Next thing I knew I was in a cafe nearby, channeling St. Peter. Today’s Game Plan: St. Peter Weighs in on the Mosque

Eat Pray Love … Metamorphosis

It was exciting to see Eat Pray Love at the Ziegfeld Theatre opening night with author Elizabeth Gilbert doing a Q&A and her family and friends sitting in our section. While some of the national conversation revolves around how good (or not) an adaptation the film...

Aligning with the stars

About a month ago, a friend recommended Kristin Fontana’s Astrological Starcasts to me. I have been checking them each week since and I find her work amazing. Check them out. She changes them every Wednesday.