What I'm reading this week (Nov.24)
Quote de jour
"I believe in the philosophy that less is more, except for reading."
~L.M.W.
Thankgiving is around the corner. This year, it means means baking. I can practically smell the warm spices and my inner Martha Stewart is demanding I bake pies. This month's Good Housekeeping has an article called, "Perfect Pies". They better be or 'Martha' will have someone's head.
After eating enough pie to feed a small village, I'll need to read Redbook's "Love Your Body." Yeah right. And, "What Happy Women Know." I know happy women don't eat three pints of ice cream with their pie, so I won't, only because I wouldn't fit into anything featured in Vogue.
On a more serious note, National Geographic is a love/hate affair for me. I love the photography, the social awareness, the exotic places, but every issue has something to keep me up at night. Endangered animals butchered for meat, sickening human abuse, toxic pollution on land ,sea and air. This issue focuses on light pollution. We no longer see the starry, night skies of fifty years ago since everything lit up like a Christmas tree 24/7. I found it so depressing, I had to bury my nose in the pretty things in House Beautiful and Antiques.
This week's books include one frothy novel and one frothy memoir, both with cute titles. The Shiksa Syndrome by Laurie Graff is a funny look at a subject close to my shiksa heart. I'm the kind of woman, the novel's Jewish protagonist loves to hate. She laments the scooping up of the best Jewish men by Shiksas, the non-Jews gals who love to date Jewish men.
And then there's Shirley MacLaine's Sage-ing While Age-ing, her latest book that reflects on the realities of aging with wit and wisdom. Who better to write it. She's the ageless, High Priestess of all things flakey and metaphysical. At age 74, she's never looked better. Having reinvented herself from an Oscar-winning movie star of over 50 films, to a best-selling writer of 11 books, she's stayed true to herself despite naysayers. I love her. 'nuff said. http://www.shirleymaclaine.com
"I believe in the philosophy that less is more, except for reading."
~L.M.W.
Thankgiving is around the corner. This year, it means means baking. I can practically smell the warm spices and my inner Martha Stewart is demanding I bake pies. This month's Good Housekeeping has an article called, "Perfect Pies". They better be or 'Martha' will have someone's head.
After eating enough pie to feed a small village, I'll need to read Redbook's "Love Your Body." Yeah right. And, "What Happy Women Know." I know happy women don't eat three pints of ice cream with their pie, so I won't, only because I wouldn't fit into anything featured in Vogue.
On a more serious note, National Geographic is a love/hate affair for me. I love the photography, the social awareness, the exotic places, but every issue has something to keep me up at night. Endangered animals butchered for meat, sickening human abuse, toxic pollution on land ,sea and air. This issue focuses on light pollution. We no longer see the starry, night skies of fifty years ago since everything lit up like a Christmas tree 24/7. I found it so depressing, I had to bury my nose in the pretty things in House Beautiful and Antiques.
This week's books include one frothy novel and one frothy memoir, both with cute titles. The Shiksa Syndrome by Laurie Graff is a funny look at a subject close to my shiksa heart. I'm the kind of woman, the novel's Jewish protagonist loves to hate. She laments the scooping up of the best Jewish men by Shiksas, the non-Jews gals who love to date Jewish men.
And then there's Shirley MacLaine's Sage-ing While Age-ing, her latest book that reflects on the realities of aging with wit and wisdom. Who better to write it. She's the ageless, High Priestess of all things flakey and metaphysical. At age 74, she's never looked better. Having reinvented herself from an Oscar-winning movie star of over 50 films, to a best-selling writer of 11 books, she's stayed true to herself despite naysayers. I love her. 'nuff said. http://www.shirleymaclaine.com
Wow, In a half a million years when I get to be Shirley's age, I want to look as good as she does.
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Hmm, seemingly random comment...
Have you seen the film Mumford? This entry reminds me of a character, Nessa Watkins lol.
I think we'll be making three different kinds of pie this year... pumpkin, pumpkin cheesecake, and golden apple (with golden raisins and pecans)... shockingly, I didn't even Consider ice cream... hmmm...
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No, I haven't seen Mumford. Should I? I'm salivating at the thought of your pies but I'm thinking something lighter, maybe a lemon tart.
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There is an apricot quince tart I've been Dying to make! These were the requested pies when a census of eaters was taken though.
Quince is hard to come by in PA too, I've noticed... other than jelly/jam anyway. I may have to plant some Quinces and wait for them to mature before I get to make that particular tart! lol
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Mumford was an amusing and typically passed over little comedy... "In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past." Should you watch it, let me know what you thought! It's a quirky little film with an interesting cast, but no where near as quirky as the silly funfest by Stanley Tucci... the Impostors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120823/
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