vignettes of the night XXIII: for priscilla and victoria

This post is dedicated to Priscilla, who belonged to the cat colony I help feed, and her primary caretaker, Victoria. Priscilla was hit by a car on Friday night. So sad, she was so shy, painfully, and I mentioned here before that I’d felt a bit bad for not continuing to make the extra effort […]

girls and enlightenment

I watched the first two seasons of “Girls” and while I enjoyed many moments in the writing – when delivered well, the dialogue could be slyly caustic, a sign of a well-honed sense of humor. There was an overall verbosity though that drove me nuts. With the exception of Shosh and Adam, the characters are […]

vignettes of the night XXII: ali mahdavi

I’ve been really into the fashion/editorial work of photographer, Ali Mahdavi, lately. He’s Iranian, Paris-based, and used to be an apparel design for Thierry Mugler. His self-portraits are interesting too as he’s got a striking look..So here’s a mish-mash of some images I’ve collected that I like. Tweet

vignettes of the night XXI: on gratitude

(Please sign this anti-fracking petition for New York, the pressure has to be kept up. THANK YOU!) I am going to try to start a regular gratitude practice. I’ve done it mentally before as a nightly practice, and even, once started a list, but it was hand-written and once there was no more room on […]

vignettes of the night XX: the new woman

“Lower class prostitutes in Weimar Germany, 1920′s” (that’s all the info. that accompanied this Google searched image….Hate not crediting a photo, don’t understand how people can steal photographs that have attribution) Fascinating article I have my students read every year as we discuss the Weimar era “New Woman”. I highly recommend it. Here’s an excerpt […]