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Tag Archives: getting older
On Days Like This
On days like this, time seems to fall away. The sun is at this one place in the sky, and everything looks golden, as if it were an episode of “Wonder Years.” It’s almost Fall and I see my hair … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women
Tagged autumn, death, Fall, gathering rosebuds, getting older, golden skies, hope, midlife crises, school supplies, September, spiral notebooks, Spring, turning 40
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The Best Postcard
I was eight years old when I sent Beverly Cleary a very long and urgent handwritten letter, wherein I patiently explained that she and her writing meant – well, absolutely EVERYTHING to me. In my very-best penmanship (which, if you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women
Tagged 1984, 2002, 2007, Alan Tiegreen, artists, Beverly Cleary, birthdays, fraternal twins, getting older, goddesses, growing old is not for sissies, Henry Huggins, horses, humid summer days, imagination, Kinko's, late bloomers, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Island, Louis Darling, Mitch and Amy, Nanny Posch, Passion, postcards, Reagan, Rebecca, Ribsy, spry, Walter Cleary
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Some Movie Remakes That I Think Are Cool
So like five years ago at Boulder Creek, my friend Jay accused me of acting like a fuddy duddy because I was worried that kids on wheelies were going to fall and kill themselves on the sharp-edged fireplace in the … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Buffy, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, TV
Tagged 000 Corpses, 1985, 1994, 21 Jump Street, 30 Rock, Angles, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Boulder Creek, Brea Grant, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, butthourt, childhood, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Colleen Dewhurst, Diane Keaton, early '90s, Elizabeth Taylor, Father of the Bride, fireplaces, Footloose, fuddy duddy, Funny Games, Gabriel Byrne, get off my lawn, getting older, Grease 2, Halloween, Halloween II, haterade, High school, hijinx, hold your horses, Hollywood, House of 1, Jaden Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Kevin Sullivan, Kimberly Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Larussu, Little Women, Megan Follows, movie remakes, Naomi Watts, Never Been Kissed, nostalgia, Passion perfume, period pieces, Poltergeist, Prince Edward Island, Ralph Macchio, restaurants, Richard Farnsworth, Rob Zombie, Robbie Williams, snow, Steve Martin, Sunrise Mall, Susan Sarandon, swans, tense expressions, terrible blender arguments, The Devil's Rejects, The Karate Kid, The Strangers, Them, Tina Fey, too soon, Trekkies, Trini Alvarado, uphill battles, Vampire Diaries, violent movies, wheelies, white lights, Winona Ryder, You're all right
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