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Why I don't smoke pot
A few years ago I was in a taxi with my cousin and he screwed up his nose and said, “Whew! This place smells of pot.” “So that’s what pot smells like.” “You’ve never smoked pot?” “Nope.” “I don’t believe you.” We are about the same age, but I was a “back to nature” hippy, notContinue reading “Why I don't smoke pot”
BOOK REVIEW: Disgrace
Behind every word the reader can sense the implacable tread of life itself moving warily, silently, away from oblivion. By any means necessary.
BOOK REVIEW: Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie carries a dozen boldly sketched characters through 588 engrossing pages with a tale that pokes into our (surprisingly sensitive) national and racial selves.
Why do we need grammar?
Grammar is a mental machine which takes our thoughts and makes them comprehensible to others.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: Part Two The healing period, and some advice.
A snapshot of the aftercare and recovery from organ prolapse surgery, and some advice and suggestions for others.
BOOK REVIEW: Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky
This is a magnificent book, and I am not alone in thinking so. The New York Times Book Review calls it a “tour de force,” others compare it to Madame Bovary and War and Peace.
REVIEW: Peanut Butter and Naan
Magnuson skitters over the top of her Indian experience, barely able to breathe.
REVIEW: The Coconut Latitudes
If forgiveness can bloom for the Gardner family, then there is hope for us all.