KFP and I are still housebound, recovering from colds. I'm feeling much better, except for a lot of nose-blowing. My Kung Fu Panda's appetite has returned, and he's still coughing but sleeping much better ( Read more... )

I came up with this topic myself. The idea: they keep remaking beloved movies. Why not remake some movies that really need some work? Hence, Please Remake These '80s Movies

While I'm not posting here much until I finish with tomorrow's big Wild Violet reading (8 p.m. at MilkBoy Coffee in Ardmore -- please come), I have done a couple things for Yahoo!

A review of miranda_lane's recent play performance

A haiku inspired by a walk through a Philadelphia park

Also, if you haven't already, check out my new blog, renewmom, where I'm tracing ( Read more... )

I wrote an article about balancing exercise with baby care.

My latest Yahoo! Movies story: "Movies to Inspire Teachers" (plus one funny teacher movie I stuck in just because I like it).

I wrote this piece as response to a Yahoo! assignment. They wanted to know how people's lives were changed by 9/11.

How 9/11 Saved Me from a Bad Job

My latest story for Yahoo!/Associated Content is a feature about a play on 9/11, starring my friend, miranda_lane.

Busy today writing three articles for Yahoo! One of them is already online, a look at what it's like to audition for "The Voice."

Thanks, med_kitty!

I feel like I'm perpetually running behind with no hope of catching up. It doesn't help that things keep breaking! Today I had to take my Ford Focus into the shop for the same problem that troubled us three weeks ago. Right now, they're apparently trying to figure out why two alternators have gone bad on it in less than a month. At least they're ( Read more... )

This was a fun one to research and write: "Red, White and Blue Makes a Movie".

And the hardest thing about writing this piece, "Out of the Celluloid Closet: LGBT Milestones in Film". was distilling it down to meet the required word count. I still regret leaving out "Ma Vie En Rose," "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole," and a number of others, but I ( Read more... )