2010Sep 28
I confess, sometimes I’ve watched fashion make-overs on TV or seen them in magazines and I’ve secretly wished I could be one of those people. The problem is, I worry that would mean giving up my comfy yoga pants and t-shirts. I usually console my disheveled self by saying looks shouldn’t matter anyway. It’s what’s on the …
2010Sep 14
Imagine for a moment being only 26 years old with your whole life ahead of you and hearing these words: You have terminal cancer. You have only months to live. This is what happened to Christina Pirello. When doctors gave her little reason for hope because of the advanced stage of her leukemia, she decided to take …
2010Aug 25
One day while indulging in my guilty pleasure of reading the O Magazine, I came across this article, “Books You'll Love in Our Biggest, Best, Summer Reading Issue Ever!" One book in particular caught my eye and I’m sure it won’t take you long to understand why. When I first saw the title of the book, Elizabeth Street, …
2010Aug 16
This post is part of a series called, “Real People, Real Names,” a compendium of stories and pictures about people and their names. Names are basically one or two-word stories. When we see a person’s name, we paint an idea of what to expect before we even meet them. And each person has their own version of a story …
2010Aug 9
[caption id="attachment_4825" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Helen Fisher on the Colbert Report"][/caption] We’ve all met plenty of John Juniors in our lives. Maybe even a few “Thurston Howell the Thirds.” But can you recall a Kathryn the Second? It’s not often that women participate in successive naming and I wonder if the words of Mary Daly don’t …
2010Jul 26
This post is part of a series called, “Real People, Real Names,” a compendium of stories and pictures about people and their names. Names are basically one or two-word stories. When we see a person’s name, we paint an idea of what to expect before we even meet them. And each person has their own version of a story about …