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Renaissance Woman: January 2009

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Saturday, January 31, 2009. The film and especially the book, are haunting me. I've been awake into the night unable to put the book down. Richard Yates. Is a writer with a direct voice that penetrates bulls- t. The concept of the story could sound " done. Yet he expresses it as fresh and unique. A tragic, depressing ending to be sure, but that's not what I come away with. To stay awake and alive requires constant. Doing it. Not necessarily meaning the dramatized ending, but the cost to our souls&#46...

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Renaissance Woman: Oscar Party 2009

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Monday, February 23, 2009. About 20 of us. and yet more good times. Currently reading: Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life in love with all the arts: music, literature, film, art, theater, travel, food and drink, the art of living. View my complete profile. Movie Reviews by Drew. Adam, Katie and Owen. Winter Cocktail Event with Scott Beattie. Gone w/ the Wind Ball.

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Renaissance Woman: June 2011

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Friday, June 03, 2011. For Desire - by Kim Addonizio. Give me the strongest cheese, the one that stinks best;. And I want the good wine, the swirl in crystal. Surrendering the bruised scent of blackberries,. Or cherries, the rich spurt in the back. Of the throat, the holding it there before swallowing. Give me the lover who yanks open the door. Of his house and presses me to the wall. In the dim hallway, and keeps met here until I'm drenched. And shaking, whose kisses arrive by the boatload. Subscribe to...

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Renaissance Woman: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - Donald Miller

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Friday, March 19, 2010. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - Donald Miller. 8220;People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.”. You become like the people you interact with. And if your friends are living boring stories, you probably will, too.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life in love with all the arts: music, literature, film, art, theater, travel, food and drink, the art of living. View my complete profile. Movie Reviews by Drew.

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Renaissance Woman: Altars in the World - Barbara Brown Taylor

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009. Altars in the World - Barbara Brown Taylor. We receive enlightenment only in promotion as we give ourselves more and more completely to God by humble submission and love. We do not first see, then act: we act, then see. And that is why the man who waits to see clearly, before he will believe, never starts on the journey." - Thomas Merton. What if a lost soul strikes God as more reachable than a lifelong believer? P 44-45 "'Do this,' he said - not believe. To think about how man y ...

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Renaissance Woman: Growing Older Gracefully

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Sunday, March 15, 2009. A beautiful book, here are just a few choice quotes from my reading:. The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully" - Joan Chittister. The number of absolutes in my life [ are. Harvard University longitduinal Study of Adult Development. says, [ constantly learning. Makes the difference between healthy and unhealthy aging. It determines the degree to which life will be satisfying to us, as well as the degree to which we will be interesting, valuable, life-giving to others.".

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Renaissance Woman: November 2008

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Saturday, November 01, 2008. 1 Concerts (like Robert Plant/Allison Krauss. Film nights and cozy meals with many dear friends (Tash, Chesna and Tisch, Becca here from NYC, Tyler, Amanda, Scott and Louise). 2 Stolen weekday lunches with Dan, trying new spots around the city. Day with Dannee, eating ( Bistro Elan. Coffee, writing, cocktails and cigars while talking about our upcoming trip to Miami and New Orleans). 4 Crazy Thrillville Dean Martin. Movie night at El Cerrito Speakeasy. W/ Tash and Dan. 14 Bei...

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Renaissance Woman: August 2008

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Thursday, August 28, 2008. Whether in the strains of Gershwin and Chopin during a lunch time piano concert downtown or in the stars twinkling as I lay on blankets for film nights in parks, the intimations of "more" keep coming to me in relentless, yet gentle, waves. Days have been sweet and truth goes deeper into my bones, though my mind can lay claim to less and less as I age. No, not insanity, but knowledge of fact, force and surety. As my knowledge. Increases, my knowing. Becomes more primarily of gut.

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Renaissance Woman: December 2008

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Sunday, December 28, 2008. From my 12/19 post about favorite books of the year, this one has been the most impactful, Kathleen Norris. Here are just some of the thought-provoking passages for me:. Laments the extent to which economics has been elevated to a position that God once held. We have come to 'treat economic laws of supply and demand' as though they were' the laws of the universe'. If there is a religion that encompasses all the world, it is the pursuit of wealth. Always to accuse [oneself]'.