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Is it self-serving to put your first book on your blog? I feel awkward but am pushing through that… The Best of Freesia Lane 2009 is on Amazon. It’s a small book, sixty some pages of what was deemed the best blogs I did this year. If you need a stocking stuffer, or a small gift for a friend, I hope you will click on the link below and order it. Thanks in advance for this amazing year of blog growth for me. ...read more I’m sure you will not be surprised to learn that I’m not a Palin fan. She reminds me of the worst of me; that woman who finds it easier to look outside myself for the reasons why something went wrong. “The press didn’t treat me fairly.” “The McCain handlers made me do it.” The Couric interview was “supposed to be a light piece, and she made it into a ‘get Sarah’ question and answer.” And, “the campaign made me keep ...read more I was walking in the sunny mall in fabulous, sunny LA last weekend with my dear friend Cathryn. You remember Cathryn. She is the one who keeps maple syrup with her at all times on the off chance that she stops at an IHop. “I want to stop at Barnes and Noble and get the new book by Sully.” “The guy who landed in the Hudson? He wrote a book? About what?” “He wrote a book about his life. What do you mean? ...read more So, a few weeks ago, I was packing up to move to LA, land of no clouds and overly happy people. I was holding up each item and asking myself, “If this went in a flood, would you cry?” If the answer was no, I got rid of it. If it was yes, I put it in a pile for further consideration later. I started to feel uncomfortable with all the things I have carted around for years and years. ...read more Last night I went to hear Michael Sandel, Harvard’s Professor of Government, speak on What’s the Right Thing to Do at Los Angeles’ public library. Sandel teaches a course on Justice that is attended by 1,000 students at a clip. It’s one of the most popular courses ever at Harvard, and he has taken it on the road in a hour lecture touting his new book, Justice, What’s the Right Thing to Do? The course is designed to make you think ...read more I don’t read magazines anymore. I intend to read them. Actually, until recently, it never occurred to me that I don’t read them. If you came to my house, you would see them everywhere. I move them around from room to room, sure that I will sit down and start flipping through them at any minute. They go between my bedroom, my living room, my bathroom, and the last stop is my office where they sit in a pile until ...read more My friend Carlotta and I went to college together. Actually, there were four of us that made up the Ata Beta Pie sorority, where dividing a pie in fours was part of every meeting. Carlotta has never been thin. She has been normal size at a time when that was considered on the large side. And now, like the rest of us, she is carrying extra weight. She has been on every diet known to person-kind over the years I’ve ...read more I saw the movie trailer for Julie and Julia, (is there any role Meryl Streep can’t play?), and I had to go buy the book. I like to read books before seeing movies, especially frivolous ones. It makes me feel well read. “Did you read the book?” I can ask in a hushed whisper as the lights go down. “No, did you?” “Yes, of course.” I’m sure all my friends think I read books every night instead of watching The Bachelorette, which is really ...read more I read Angels and Demons when I was in Rome with Ms. Sarah. I visited each location as it vividly unfolded in Dan Brown’s adjective-ridden prose. I remember how much reading ‘on site’ enhanced the book and the plot. But, the movie does the visuals even better than being there did. The fear, the dark side, the photographic angles in the shots are all genius. Ron Howard holds the shots just long enough to evoke the menacing fear or graceful ...read more |
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