Monthly Archives: November 2011
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advice for giving a gift to your husband or wife: DON’T
Posted on November 20, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, rituals.The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. ~ Martin Luther I once had a fiction writing teacher who said, “It’s hard to say anything definitive about adultery.” I thought that was the wisest thing anyone ever said about anything. (Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe in adultery but where would […]
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why I will never read Chris Mathews’ new book Jack Kennedy: “Elusive Hero”
Posted on November 13, 2011 by nikkimeredith in book reviews.I’m tempted to say I won’t read Chris Mathews’ new book, Jack Kennedy: The Elusive Hero because Mathews fawns and fawning is not a quality I desire in a biographer. If you don’t watch his show Hardball on MSNBC regularly, it might surprise you to learn that the in-your-face, swashbuckling, braggart is a world class […]
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imaginary friends and neighbors
Posted on November 10, 2011 by nikki in friendship, unexpected adventures.A few weeks ago I developed an intense attachment to a couple that lives in the neighborhood. It happened very quickly, the way some of the best friendships do. It was immediately clear how much we had in common – everything from our favorite kind of organic tea to the poetry of a lesser known […]
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mother-daughter relationships: then and now
Posted on November 7, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, Mother-Daughter Relationships, odds and sods.Image via Couture Allure Easter Sunday. I’m 10 years old. While other families are attending Easter sunrise services at the Hollywood Bowl, my family is in my father’s Buick heading to Rand’s Roundup in Hollywood – a restaurant billed as an urban chuck wagon. I’m clutching my Easter basket – my brother is 14 and […]
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a different kind of mystery at the book festival
Posted on November 1, 2011 by nikki in unexpected adventures.All of the post-menopausal women from a 30-mile radius had descended upon the Senate Chamber. The event? A panel discussion among four authors about women changing their lives at the halfway mark. It was called “Take Two: Women on a New Path” and the venue was the Texas Book Festival a couple weeks ago. Now, […]
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