Tag Archive | marriage
of nightingales, nora, and night skies
I’m a sucker for romance. Just a hint of love – a sweet older couple walking by, two high schoolers making eyes at each other, a bridal party taking photos in a garden – makes me feel better about things in general. And when I can find romance in a movie or music (books, too, […]
scene stealer
I’m in the midst of watching Scenes from a Marriage, the new limited series that examines moments from a fictional marriage (and is based on the classic series by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman). It is intense, emotional, and incredibly dramatic so far. That having been said, the title itself started me thinking about my marriage to […]
b. cause i do
It’s Thanksgiving in a couple of days and, amid all the shopping (done) and the cooking and baking (to come), I’ve been doing some thinking (sometimes my ideas lead me into Lucy Ricardo territory, sometimes not). This time, I’m thinking about the one single thing I’m most thankful for. And that would be my amazing husband, […]
bear with me
In my mind, there are two kinds of people in the world. Creatives and linears. B. and I are an example of how, when a creative and a linear fall in love, get married, and build their lives together, things get very … shall we say … interesting. To wit: As a creative (moi), I tend not […]
like riding a bicycle
Can two people who were married for many years, have three grown children, and have been divorced for ten years share a dance like it’s old times? (Cue The Odd Couple theme.) In the movie It’s Complicated, Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin play such a couple (Jane and Jake Adler), who find themselves at a […]
rice on your head 