Culturally Inappropriate
youtube.com Over dinner last week, my husband asked me if I’d heard about the raging global controversy over a white girl in Utah who wore a qipao — one of those slinky, Continue Reading →
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Guilty Pleasures of the Amazon
Not that Amazon. Banish from your mind images of illicit riverside trysts, framed by lianas in a steaming jungle. You naughty thing. I refer to the other Amazon, that vast Continue Reading →
Sick Days
At first it acted like a cold. A minor cold, at that. I did all the right and responsible things: extra rest, lots of herb tea, salt water gargles and Continue Reading →
She Sees You When You’re Sleeping
Ever had your sleep examined? All night long? With a video camera trained on you, your rumpled pjs and your sleep-slackened mouth? I have. Three times. I will spare you the Continue Reading →
Live Your Pretty Good Life
Lee Howard, deviantart.com I admire Oprah Winfrey. She’s got the most triumphant rags-to-riches story ever, she proved that TV talks shows could be more than lurid schlock (but think twice before you accept Continue Reading →