Wednesday, August 27, 2003A RAT, A DOG, A MAN, A WOMAN, ANIMAL CONTROL, AND...It was just another quiet afternoon in Cambridge. That was RG's report to me in his usual "I'm just checking in with you" phone call while I'm at work and he's at home with Cassidy, our dog. Not long after that call, there's a second call from him. The afternoon suddenly got WAY more exciting. He... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:48 AM Comments (0) (link) Monday, August 25, 2003ROLE MODELS AND MENTORSLorna Marshall was one of the few women I've known that I truely revered. I met her in 1993 when her son, the well-known cinema verité filmaker, John Marshall hired me to be the Executive Director of the company he had founded back in 1968. I had just arrived back in the states after having lived in... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:56 PM Comments (3) (link) Saturday, August 23, 2003WHEN MEN SMILEYou know the look. You're feeling good about yourself. You're wearing your favorite dress and those really cute little heels that match. Maybe you're with someone, or alone, it doesn't matter. Some man passes you, on a bike, in a truck, walking, down an escalator, in a coffee shop. He glances at... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:44 AM Comments (3) (link) Friday, August 22, 2003MAD MAX, THE ROAD WARRIOR, AND MEI was mesmerized when I saw the first film in this Australian made trilogy. It was 1981. The country was awash in a renewal of nationalism and conservatism that travel hand in hand with Reagan/Bush politics. I've seen these films at least a dozen times over the course of the years. They never fail... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:13 AM Comments (0) (link) Thursday, August 21, 2003REUTERS CAMERAMAN SHOT BY US SOLDIERS IN IRAQMazen Dana, 41, and father of four was one of the most courageous photojournalists working in the media today. He had been poking his camera at the truth in all the war torn hot spots and focused the last ten years particularly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Hebron. I had met him briefly at... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:14 PM Comments (1) (link) |
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