Evil mastermind or novelist?
by Phoebe on Jun.10, 2015, under books, happiness, media
Forty sheets of paper, four highlighters and one roll of scotch tape = the outline of a shortish, not overly complicated ...
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The Winter of Snow
by Phoebe on Mar.24, 2015, under time
It's been a long winter in Boston- 108 inches of record-breaking snow, a new baby in our family and most recently, ...
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Ancient Chinese Textiles!
by Phoebe on Apr.02, 2014, under time
Ancient Chinese velvet textiles from 1063. The top textile features the chrysanthemum, which is a symbol of female beauty in Chinese ...
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:chrysanthemum, culture, dragon, textiles
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Stay Posted!
by Phoebe on Mar.19, 2014, under time
Many thanks to the members of Mothers and More/ suburban PA who hosted me via the magic of Skype for a ...
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:Eastern Phoebe, Mothers and More, Writing and Digital Literature
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by Phoebe on Feb.22, 2014, under time
Long, long, ago in a galaxy far, far, away, I co-edited the UC Irvine literary journal, Faultline, with the poet Elaine ...
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Economist unpacks centuries-old dating know-how: Love, markets, and playing hard-to-get
by Phoebe on Feb.19, 2014, under books, media
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/12/275884140/dating-sites-offer-chance-at-love-and-a-lesson-in-economics ...
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:books, economics, love, online dating
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by Phoebe on Feb.16, 2014, under change, media, time
Peanut butter, frosting and hope. Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, a Muslim, was inspired to create a “call to peace” song with ...
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:central africa, kate pullinger, music, peace
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The Love Cook: a valentine from poet Ron Padgett and me. Happy hearts.
by Phoebe on Feb.14, 2014, under time
The Love Cook
Let me cook you some dinner.
Sit down and take off your shoes
and socks and in fact the rest
of your ...
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“Two Stick Drawings” by Seamus Heaney
by Phoebe on Feb.12, 2014, under time
This poem about sticks comes from Seamus Heaney’s The Spirit Level (FSG, 1996). As a parent, I see the sticks of ...
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Bush (not George): public consumable or private luxury?
by Phoebe on Feb.11, 2014, under criticism, gender, media, self-image
So American Apparel has a store window up with the work of Petra Collins in it: mannequins with bush, modeling panties. ...
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