What children learn at an early age is important and produce have long-lasting results. Before you say “Duhhh…” and quit reading, stick with me. This learning includes memorizing time tables, knowing letter sounds, and understanding and living up to moral lessons. Girls and boys also begin to see themselves as “smart” – or not […]
You know you are a “certain age” when you find yourself watching the anti-aging cream commercials. You may have even been tempted to buy, or you did buy. Then you wonder, “Does this really work?” Well, yes and no. Some products have a great combination of ingredients that really could make a difference. Others are […]
HIDDEN FIGURES Houston, We Have a (Race) Problem How the hell did we not learn any of this in school? We know all about the Mercury astronaut program, the seven heroic pioneering astronauts, their ascents to the stars (well, a few miles closer to the stars that are light years away); even Philip Kaufman’s gloriously […]
PASSENGERS Book passage on the Avalon, a luxury interstellar cruise ship headed for one of the gorgeous, beckoning new Earth-like outposts. Book coach or first class, either way, you’re going into hibernation for 120 years, the time it takes to make the journey. It’s pretty much a one way ticket, because no matter how nice […]
LA LA LAND I always view a new musical with some trepidation; is it an homage to the golden age MGM musical, a gutless attempt to bring a Broadway smash to the screen, or the beginning of a pretentious new genre? Damien Chazelle’s La La Land is a bit of an homage, and though it […]