Category Archives: Buy This!

Paper Hearts

Posted on December 14, 2011 by admin

A couple of months ago, I entered NPR’s “3 Minute Fiction” storywriting contest, using the story below.  It didn’t win.  But I like it anyway, so here it is:   His little hands grab firmly to my pant leg as … Continue reading →

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New Book Strikes at Heart of Old Taboo

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin

Finally, the book is finished, and available worldwide at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Goodreads! If you recall my post from earlier this year which delved into the taboo of weight, here is its end result:  A book.  With pictures.  … Continue reading →

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Long live the Queen

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

A few months ago, I went to the dentist to get my first crown.  This seemed like a great lead in to a joke about finally, officially becoming a Princess.  But I stopped: A Princess?  First of all, I’m forty … Continue reading →

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CIE’s Big Announcement

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

You may have been wondering where in the world I’ve been lately.  Your finger may have even been hovering over the ‘unsubscribe’ button in the assumption that I’ve abandoned my blog. Hold the phone!  There is a reason that does … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: Hope for us all?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

On a canister of complimentary plastic combs at a local spa: “Lasts Forever! (and that’s a long long time) Take One!  It’s Unbreakable — it says so right on the comb Token of our appreciation” Couldn’t everything just be labeled … Continue reading →

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The Nook Pebble Mattress – a real review from a real mom

Posted on January 17, 2011 by admin

True story: I spent $550 on a mattress for my infant son.  Based on that, you may imagine that I dropped some serious coin into his nursery, creating a space that looks right off the page of the best baby … Continue reading →

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Are Moms Really That Busy?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by admin

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I watched the Dr. Phil show.  No, I haven’t been living in a cave; it seems I’ve always known about Dr. Phil, it’s just that the TV here is, 99% of the time, switched … Continue reading →

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Art at Auction: Bargain Hunters Take Note

Posted on March 12, 2010 by admin

Last week, I recommended the troubled but darling Gertrude Abercrombie painting “The Visit” at Treadway Gallery’s March 7 auction.  It did not sell; which means that it did not garner a bid high enough to reach its reserve price.  But … Continue reading →

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Got Abercrombie?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by admin

No, not that annoying place at the mall. Chicago artist  Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977), to be far more specific. Abercrombie was a major proponent of the Magical Realism school that incorporated the use of surrealism in the 1940s and 1950s among … Continue reading →

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A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter

Posted on January 25, 2010 by admin

In preparing to write a short bit about the devastating effect of overexposure on a work of art – that is, how value tends to drop dramatically when a single work of art has been offered for sale multiple times … Continue reading →

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