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Soul Searching at Starbucks I recently read yet another celebrity memoir, Guts, Kristen Johnson’s book about her addiction to pills and alcohol. Had I not been a rabid fan of Bravo’s Watch What Happen Live (WWHL) with Andy Cohen, I probably wouldn’t have known about the book. But Johnson, or “KJo” as I will heretofore refer (did I say […]  Throughout the years I’ve read plenty of books on writing. These days, I write more than I read about writing. Unless you count blogs on writing. Of which there are, oh, many. One book that stands out is How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead. I imagine that is the goal for many of us who […]  I was going to write about quotation marks today, but since beginning that post, I’ve been interrupted a few hundred times and can’t seem to wrap my brain around my original message. Which wasn’t rocket science. Mostly, I was going to say that commas belong inside quotation marks. As in, “Let’s talk about quotation marks,” […]  Let me count the ways. Downton Abbey cast 1. Finish watching season one of PBS’s Downton Abbey. This shouldn’t be too hard. I only have one episode left. Then to keep current, I will pick up season two at Tar-gggay (French for Target). Shirley MacLaine joins the cast as Cora’s mother, the same Shirley MacLaine […]  You know when you are standing in the bathroom, blow-drying your hair, and suddenly you have this flash of inspiration for a blog post. But you don’t want to set the blow dryer aside, especially if a good hair day is evident. Then there’s make-up to apply, a bed to make and clothes to put […] |
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