Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
It made me want to cry—or scream—-or both. That’s how I felt watching the trailer for the upcoming film Miss Representation—about the depiction of women in the media. (If you haven’t seen it yet, click and watch right this minute; then read the rest of this. ) Not hard to see why it strikes a [...]
I used to brush my teeth first. But these days, the first thing I do after I get up in the morning is to check in; to connect electronically to the world outside my bedroom. Yesterday was different. I always start Sundays reading the New York Times. The paper version. And then I connect. But [...]
The internet is infinite—yet sometimes it functions like a small town. When I first started blogging, I kept “running into” someone called Pundit Mom. I had no idea who she was. The headline on her blog reads “Having an opinion never goes out of style”—and Pundit Mom seemed to have an opinion on everything. This [...]
The name conjures up a special cachet in America lore. The nation’s second oldest college. Alma mater of Presidents. Hillary and Bill met there in law school. Bastion of the old boy network. Captains of industry sent their sons for 300 years. But not their daughters. Yale was all-male—until 1968 when in the midst of [...]
I am woman hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore If you’re old enough to remember those words, you’ll get this. And you should read it even if you’re not. Whether you fear it, lie about it or celebrate it, the number 50 seems way too big to ignore. Yet, ironically the opposite [...]
She lost her son in a car accident; just the beginning of the series of shocks that rocked what once seemed a fairy tale life. The ending of that life is as far as you can get from a fairy tale. I can’t stop thinking about her, although my brain won’t even allow me to [...]
I remember being told to become a teacher so I would have something to fall back on. I also remember another saying: Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Both illustrate the status of teachers in our country; and it’s just plain wrong—especially their financial status, considering that these are the people we entrust [...]
If we amplify everything, we hear nothing…. Jon Stewart at the Rally for sanity. That’s a perfect description of what’s going on. It’s one reason I’m not blogging about the election as I did last time around during the presidential election, when I wrote a blog daily, here or on the Huffington Post, or both. [...]
President Obama: “The…. true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated….The panel urges you most strongly to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air that needlessly increase health care costs, cripple our Nation’s productivity, and devastate American lives.“ Some strong words [...]
…..Maybe it’s something about the New York Times as the voice of authority that pushes women’s buttons…… 40 years ago, I showed up to register on my first day at Yale—to find the campus swarming with reporters. Immediately, I was approached by a reporter from the New York Times — and I won’t ever forget [...]
After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
The knobs say it all: Susan is the super-hero inside every woman. Made of ceramic knobs, hand–painted tiles, on a painted background. Measures 12″ X 12″ .
It's the combination, of course. And the locks will open for the right person---(to be revealed on the back when you take her home.) Made of combination locks and hand-painted tiles on a painted background. Measures 14" by 14".
Pun intended. A nice pair---of pears...made of miniature porcelain boxes, surrounded by painted tiles and broken china on a painted background. Measures 11" square.
Hope: not only on her driver’s license, but in her heart. Ceramic ribbon, hand-painted tiles on a painted background, measures 9 inches square.
Word surrounded by hand-painted tiles in bright and beautiful (gold and marine blue) colors, with border of tiny gold tiles. Measures 11" square.
True beauty lies in the imperfections. Irregular mirror surrounded by hand-painted tiles with a border of ceramic tiles. Measures 11" square.
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