Tag Archives: effort

Boys versus Girls

Dear Friends, Recent experiences have led me to believe that girls and boys didn’t just stop getting along. They have never gotten along. Boys have always been more simple-minded; conflict minimalists that do not want to hash anything out for too long. Two 11-year-old boys taught me that this week. They were trying to help sort a problem out with their friends (who were girls) and they sounded so calm and sane, yet the girls were annoyed at their calmness. […]

Spring Beginnings

Dear Friends, Spring will not make up its mind. It wants to be apart of winter’s existence, but won’t commit to becoming its own season. This is why I am freezing in the end of March. I know for some of you, you might be in LA, not freezing, however that is not real weather and you all know it. People who live in southern California think they’re cheating the Earth out of its normal, seasonal cycle. In some ways, […]

Dirty Dancing

Dear Friends, I watched one of my favorite movies tonight: Dirty Dancing (do not tell me I’m predictable). I wasn’t even born when it came out. But, there’s something about the music, the moves, the charm, and the tongue-in-cheek simplicity that sets those Catskills on fire. Or wherever the hell they are. (Does any one actually know?) The truth is, no one seems to care about location in movies. They just care how pretty it is, how big the budget […]