Wonder Woman and Katharine Drexel, the do-gooder heiress turned tireless missionary? Katniss from Hunger Games and Mary MacKillop, who had more than one run-in with authority on her way to canonization? Yep, that’s the way my friend Maria Morera Johnson sees it in her new book, Super Girls and Halos. I’m looking forward to discovering these commonalities and more!… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Super Girls and Halos
Category: Going 60 MPH
What’s in It for Us?
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I take this little notebook with me to Mass. I don’t do it in case I get some bright idea for a column or essay, or to work… Continue reading What’s in It for Us?
Cherish Every Moment
An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. For most of my thirties, I worked at a magazine with less than ideal leadership, but a terrific group of other line editors, reporters, and designers. A lot of things bound us together–age, politics, backgrounds, a mutual distrust of management. Anyway,… Continue reading Cherish Every Moment
Be Your Best Self
An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I put way too much pressure on myself to be 150% all the time. It’s not exactly a competitive thing; I don’t have to be the best cook, the best writer, the most knowledgeable about 1970s rock and pop, but I… Continue reading Be Your Best Self