…Listen…”
That’s part of a poem by Rumi that’s been arranged for a capella women’s choir and performed on SheWho’s newly released CD, “The Earth Will Turn Over.” (SheWho isn’t really relevant to this post, but what the hell, it’s a pretty song and they’re a good bunch, so I’ll give ‘em a plug.) The lyric […]
So, how weird is it to move 600 miles south? Where I come from, snow is just not a big deal. It gets talked about a lot–”Yessah, that was a whoppah of a stohm last night, eh?” “Ayuh, how ’bout that black ice?” But no one really takes it seriously. […]
I hope all my fellow amurrikans will be glad to know that I was witness to a gorgeous extravagant fireworks display this evening over the park across from my house. I’m sure all the homeless people who sleep in that park are glad the administration decided to spend the $40 mil on sensible, practical […]
Silly me, I’ve made the classic activist mistake. I thought that this culture was down on fat people because of a lack of information. I thought once I cast my pearls of wisdom, my beautifully crafted, well-researched, elegantly phrased arguments before the world at large, folks would be blinded by the light of logic and […]
According to Yahoo! Buzz today, Houston is “America’s fattest city.” And I just have to say, I’m grateful that it’s not somewhere I live. Knowing that I’m a proud fat activist, that statement may puzzle you–but I’m just so sick and tired of feeling personally responsible for tipping the scales for my city and/or state. […]
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