Monthly Archives: November 2006

My husband Scott and I shlepped last night down to the Peninsula (as in San Jose area) to hear Richard Thompson perform. I might have kvetched about how long the drive was, how tired I was, yet from the opening … Continue reading →

I just watched Errol Morris’ “The Fog of War” for the first time — (when it came out, I was too busy watching my toddler twins). In the film, Morris interviews Robert McNamara, who was the Secretary of Defense during … Continue reading →

Everyone has Thanksgiving war stories to tell and this one’s mine. An old friend of mine joined my extended family at my house for dinner. I had tried to find something presentable to wear, which is hard these days because … Continue reading →

Let me see if I have this straight: O.J. Simpson writes a booked called “If I Did It”. He is interviewed by his publisher Judith Regan, who says she thinks the interview mounts to his confession. When the families of … Continue reading →

I turned in to the last 15 minutes of KQED Forum today, and heard the film critic Kenneth Turan from the LA Times talk about his new book “Now in Theaters Everywhere.” One caller asked him what he thought about … Continue reading →

Hendrik Hertzberg had this to say about George Bush in the November 20th issue of The New Yorker: “It has been obvious for some time that, as President of the United States, George W. Bush is in very far over … Continue reading →

“Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light And let it breathe.” –Hafiz, 14th century Persian poet