I haven’t spent an afternoon on a university campus for 20 years. We went to see the Carnegie museum of Art and as it was closed we couldn’t help have a little look around at the Heinz chapel which might have been a Gothic Cathedral shipped in straight from Paris. Then came the cathedral of […]

A few notes on places we are going to visit Carnegie museum of art Andy Warhol museum Mattress factory Randy land Bicycle heaven Cathedral of learning Phipps conservatory Strip district

A series. I guess I love a good series because when I fall for characters I fall hard and I don’t want it to be over when I’m finished, I want to look forward to another visit, another engagement because for me, one book just isn’t enough. As kids my sister and my mum and […]

The kids went back to school last Wednesday and with their teachers assigned to them on Monday, I have been on an odyssey to regain all the energy I can before restarting Mabel. It seems so strange to me that I thought I could go from 24-7 mum all summer, finding things to do with […]

I can’t wait for the first drop off at the school. I will be driving home thinking of opening my computer, pulling up my first draft and beginning the process of the first read through. I miss my muse so much in the summer and to think I have all the way to Christmas to […]

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Lying on a towel, grateful for the shade of this broad tree, we’re waiting for the outdoor pool to open and the waterpark  is our only option. It’s  been about 7 years since I made my way to a water park. It’s August 12. The height of summer. Towels, nursing mother’s,  wet children, screaming babies, […]

From the outset, you should know I am a huge superhero movie fan. The first movie I remember seeing for in the theatre was the Superman movie where Lois Lane realizes Clark Kent’s true identity. That to me is the gold standard that I measure all other super hero movies against. Some of my favorites […]

Mission Impossible 5 – too many balls in the air and Ethan Hunt catches none. I wished for more tricks, more face peeling of secret identities, more fun. Even more romance but bogged down in a wayward script, an overbearing Alex Baldwin, and an aging Cruise who looks surprised he can pull off any of […]