Like the 1877 novel by Anna Sewell, the 1994 film version of Black Beauty is narrated by the titular horse. In one scene, Beauty and his groom, John, are traveling through a raging rainstorm at night. The horse is valiantly pulling their carriage through the downpour and high winds, but when they approach the middle…
When it comes to deciding, I can be a slow, drag-her-feet, indecisive woman. You can find me standing in a department store aisle for a good five minutes trying to decide which jacket to buy. Should I buy this classic gray one? Or the blue one with a little more flair? I might even have…
Sometimes when I think my face is merely at rest, my expression is serious enough that I convey unfriendliness or that I’m upset or even angry. This is so annoying. When I told my mother that a coworker had informed me of this trait, she revealed that she’d had the same problem in her workplace….
I may be a little too sensitive about this, but I don’t like people making assumptions about me based on my perceived age. I’ve experienced others’ faulty perceptions about me because of how old I look, even beyond the fact that clerks no longer ask if I qualify for a senior discount; they just give…
No outcome following a leap of faith is more predictable than the dive a Hallmark Channel movie heroine takes. If she leaves the big city to save her small hometown from sure ruin, leaving her career and fiancé behind, it will happen. She’ll use her skills to formulate a plan. If she hopes that charming…
A bit weary after working too many long hours editing and writing, I decided I needed to give myself an extra day off. Most people have a go-to activity or two when they have a stretch of free time. They bake or go fishing. They shop or visit a museum. They set up model trains…