Artsy Stuff, Girly Stuff, and Everything In Between
A friend of ours forwarded this to us. It's a take on the lake scene from a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813) and instead of Darcy falling for Elizabeth Bennet, he falls for a modern-day girl named Amanda (everywoman). While it is most definitely cheesy, it's also kind of cute. And we do love a hero with a British accent. … [Read more...]
"I hate her. I just wish she'd hurry up and die," said the sweet-faced girl in my class as she shuddered with disgust. "Why do you hate Catherine Earnshaw so much?" I wanted to know. And she gave me reasons, with others chimming in their shared or contrasting opinions. What was it about this heroine from Bronte's Wuthering Heights that was causing my ordinarily calm and reasonable students to have such a reaction? It's hard to pinpoint because I realize that I have a love/hate … [Read more...]
We are guilty of momentarily resenting the person at the coffee shop who is sitting solo at the great table, obsessively hitting his/her laptops's keys, their coffee long gone. Coffee break real estate is probably the least discriminatory that there is--where else could someone sit for hours having only ordered a coffee without being politely reminded that there's any ort of time limit? Never. Or maybe we just don't go to those places. But when you have the seat, and the coffee and it's … [Read more...]
A leading lady possesses sass and her shoes should reflect that. When I was a teenager, I used to visit the John Fluevog store on Queen Street West in Toronto, now located in a very trendy pocket of Toronto, across from City TV where they hold red carpet events during the Toronto International Film Festival and the Much Music Video Awards. I was enamoured with the funky, edgy and risky shoe designs and their bold colour selection and wild patterns. I had never seen shoes and boots … [Read more...]
You're wanting or trying to write, but you're stuck. You might be experiencing writer's block. Many people have come face to face with this unwelcome intruder in their writing life. Or you might be completely over-inspired. It's like suddenly having five invitations to five different events all at the same time. Which do you go with? Either way, you aren't writing or writing well, and as a result, you feel frustrated. Sometimes a good way to deal with this is to take a break … [Read more...]
