Tag Archives: the New York Times

Anger Management 101

Posted on July 28, 2016 by timeout2

Nine out of ten doctors claim that listening to too much news can be damaging to your health. The news can swell your liver, and the bile makes you bilious. Too much news can also affect your heart: some hearts … Continue reading →

| Tagged "The Heretic's Daughter, 'Dead Man's Float', Cotton Mather, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jim Harrison, Kathleen Kent, KRCC Radio, NPR, Salem Witch Trials, The Academy of American Poets, the New York Times, the Republican and Democrat Conventions, W.H.Auden | 12 Comments

Front Porch Time

Posted on July 18, 2016 by timeout2

Time. You either have too much of it or too little. You can’t speed it up. You can’t slow it down. Our perception of time is age-related. In youth, we have too much: time drags. We don’t hold the reins. … Continue reading →

| Tagged " Westcliffe CO, Cara Buckley, Garrison Keillor, Mitch Albom, Prairie Home Companion, The Garrison Keillor You Never Knew, the New York Times, The Time Keeper, Time, Tuesdays with Morrie | 4 Comments

Finding Love in Recycled Books

Posted on March 30, 2016 by timeout2

I’m thrilled when I come across an Independent bookstore, so finding Front Street Books in Alpine Texas was a joyful moment. The front window drew me in. I can’t resist a cowboy, but seeing a golden cowboy… chair tipped back… … Continue reading →

| Tagged " Westcliffe CO, Fahrenheit 451, Francis Truffaut, Rachel Joyce, Ray Bradbury, The Guardian, the New York Times, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Leave a comment

The Road Less Travelled

Posted on January 1, 2016 by timeout2

December doesn’t work for me. The shorter, colder days and the longer, darker nights put me in a mood to hibernate. You can find me in my jammies as late as noon. I eat a lot. And then I eat … Continue reading →

| Tagged NYU School of Medicine, scandal, Shonda Rhimes, The man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, the New York Times, Tickker, winter solstice | 12 Comments

Applying the Brakes

Posted on October 13, 2015 by timeout2

Or… Slowing Down With Orthodoxy Today I wrote two condolence notes – a wake-up call of sorts. My time is limited, and I am not making best use of my time. I need to strike a better balance as I … Continue reading →

| Tagged "Man on a Wire", "Remembering the Sabbath", Editor Jim Little, Jewish Orthodoxy, Oliver Sacks, owls, Philippe Petit, Sabbath, The fourth Commandment, the New York Times, Twin Towers, Westcliffe Colorado, Wet Mountain Tribune | 11 Comments

Survivors’ Guilt

Posted on September 8, 2015 by timeout2

Watching the Syrians and other who are fleeing violence, I can only wonder why the United States is not more welcoming. We are quick to shake our heads and purse our lips when discussing the European Union’s inability to come … Continue reading →

| Tagged Bill Chappell, Middle East, Refugee Crisis, Syria, the New York Times | 8 Comments

Out of the Corners and Into the Larger World

Posted on November 17, 2014 by timeout2

Sidelined by my husband’s desire to take one more irrigation in frosty, freezing Penrose, I threw another log on the fire and hunkered down in front of the wood stove. My husband works is on his own. If it is too hot … Continue reading →

| Tagged "To Life in Small Corners", "When Whites Just Don't Get It", Bernard Shaw, Carol A. Scribner, Congressional gridlock, Dr. Larry Decker, Ferguson MO, Jim Crow literacy test, Louisiana, Nicholas Kristof, Open Culture website, the New York Times | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: the New York Times

Anger Management 101

Front Porch Time

Finding Love in Recycled Books

The Road Less Travelled

Applying the Brakes

Survivors’ Guilt

Out of the Corners and Into the Larger World

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