I’m not sure when I first heard the word “Borgen” but the way it was spoken – in hushed admiration, shared like a state secret – made me know I had to watch.
Finding a way to watch the show …
Why I Love Borgen (and the Danes) Like I Do
Films about Old folks for All folks
A few days of visiting with my parents offered a chance to catch up on two recent and very popular films, both of which focus on unconventional old age homes and the delightful inhabitants therein.
The first is The Best …
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
One of my favorite authors died over the weekend, E.L. Konigsburg. She was 83 years old. The news gave me pause – caught my breath up, actually. And, when I saw a FB from a writer friend who admitted that …
RIP Roger Ebert
This is the way I will remember Roger Ebert – as the robust, thumbs-up toting film lover who loved movies (perhaps) more than any of us. As the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and his own star …
4.5.13
The Questionable Legacy of Disney Princesses
In the past week, I’ve had three chances to chuckle over the legacy of the Disney princesses, starting with an endearing story from my daughter at college. When one of her best friends turned 20 last week, all her girlfriends …
3.19.13
Binge-Viewing goes Mainstream with Netflix
Kids today. They watch television differently than we did – downloading whole seasons of a show at once and consuming the storlines in a long, sustained gulp instead of weekly sips. 
The invention of instant downloading (from Netflix and Hulu) …
Heroines to Emulate: From Homeland to Zero Dark Thirty
I’ve had a restful week of vacation — with family around and the dishwasher in constant rotation between meals and parties and teenagers sleeping over. In the moments I got out of the kitchen, I found myself immersed myself in …
1.2.13
12-12-12: Coping Strategies for Facing the End of the World (Oops — I mean, the Year!)
There are a bunch of crazies out there who think the world is going to end on December 21st… because the Mayan calendar is ending on that date after 5,000 odd years. There are celebrations galore planned in Mexico — …
12.12.12
Year End Charitable Donation Ideas that Affect the Lives Women and Girls in LA
I was lucky to be invited to “Healthy Cities: Healthy Women,” a one-day conference organized by UPenn Nursing Science and LA’s UPenn community around the topic of LA and Urban Women’s Health. Without having much of a sense …
11.29.12
