As a newlywed who babysat in my home, in the afternoons, I fell hard into the soap opera world. In the evenings, over dinner, I would tell my husband all about these fabulous stories and rich characters my daytime hours were filled with. One day, home from work for some reason, Chw caught an episode [...]
I wrote about my mom's relationship with a married man and how that played into her mental illness, in my memoir Girls, Assassins & Other Bad Ideas. One fact I'm continually reminded of is that so often, as children living in our childhoods, we can't recognize dysfunction for what it is because we lack any [...]
Where are my fellow Oscar watchers at? As a former-critic turned movie lover (it is my experience that the two cannot truly co-exist) I will watch pretty much whatever looks or sounds good to me. That being said, once awards season rolls around and nominations are out, I try very hard to watch the Best [...]
Every once in a while a story comes along that stirs us so deeply we may never quite be the same. I was fortunate to be invited to screen the new Roadside Attractions film Gigi & Nate, which releases on September 2nd. As both a die-hard film AND animal lover, it may surprise others to [...]
I have procrastinated this July lesson post because I'm just not in the mood. I'm tired. I'm stressed. In these two ways, I am just like the majority of us... I get it. This month felt long, short, and like it dragged on forever while it also somehow sped by in a blink. My biggest [...]
Rainy Day in May... 