Saturday, September 3, 2005A CLEAR BLUE SKYIt's one of those heartbreakingly beautiful days we always seem to get here in New England in early September. I went out early with my weights in hand for my jog around Fresh Pond. The sun was just high enough to stream over the tops of the pines as I rounded the bend where the gravel path narrows,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:44 AM Comments (21) (link) Tuesday, August 30, 2005CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUSFellow blogger Nickie-fleming just wrote a post about a chance encounter with Eric Clapton. It was interesting because it revealed something very basic and positive about Clapton's character. He came off as a good guy, a family man, not caught-up in his own fame. This pleased me as I'm a Clapton... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:01 AM Comments (14) (link) Sunday, August 28, 2005MAGICAL THINKINGAnthropologists and child psychologists have used this term to explain how tribal or "prescientific" people and young children deal with a world that they can't understand or control. It's easier to pin that term on children when their developing brains confront lots of situations every day that... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 3:51 PM Comments (7) (link) Saturday, August 27, 2005THE BALLAD OF NSTARDogs were electrocuted and died as they walked over man hole covers in Boston's up-scale Sounth End neighborhood. Not just one dog, several over some weeks. Owners were outraged. NSTAR, the Massachusetts utility company, our very own monopoly, our own imperial ENRON, obfuscated and ultimately did... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:29 AM Comments (4) (link) Sunday, August 21, 2005AMBIVALENCEBROKEN FLOWERS, the new Jim Jarmusch movie with Bill Murray, takes the state of ambivalence to new heights. I like Jarmusch flicks but they are an acquired taste. If you don't like movies that give you plenty of time to think about what is going on, and then in the end, wonder what actually happened... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:59 PM Comments (15) (link) |
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