In the film Fearless, a man named Max survives a horrific plane crash. His survival has convinced him that he's immortal, and this belief has made him utterly (and dangerously) fearless. He does seem almost supernatural - for instance, his life-long and deadly allergy to strawberries seems to have miraculously disappeared since the accident. But he's also become … [Read more...]
You know that movie, 'An Unmarried Woman'? Well - I didn't get it. I mean, I would've been Mrs. Alan Bates so fast that guy wouldn't have known what hit him!" ~ Judy Benjamin, Private Benjamin Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar." ~ Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind In the 1980 film Private Benjamin, Goldie Hawn stars as Judy, a young … [Read more...]
When you fall in love—the kind that makes you want to be a better person—you become both softer and stronger than you were before. With no effort, you forgive all trespasses; you have no room in your heart for fear or meanness. Little children and dogs on the street flock to you, sensing a sympathetic soul. You’re at one with the world and you love it, and yourself, all because … [Read more...]
The weather’s been stifling here for the past few days, with hot, humid winds blowing up from the south and air so thick you can practically slice it. Early this morning I heard distant thunder and smiled, remembering the thrilling thunderstorms that punctuated the long, stagnant Midwestern summer afternoons of my youth. This nostalgia was immediately followed, however, by the … [Read more...]
My sister and I enjoy chuckling over pictures from our childhood, which invariably feature me looking up at the sky, distracted, as if awaiting the return of my mother ship. Who knows, maybe I was; born with Sagittarius, the sign of the foreigner, on the Ascendant of my chart, part of me has always felt that I was born in the wrong place, the wrong century, perhaps even in the … [Read more...]
