Tag Archives: MountHolyoke
FoolishMess
Halloween, April Fool’s snow. Told you so. Nice in between, though. Bye winter. Rachel Maddow speaking at my alma Mount Holyoke. Her new book depicts the drift of U.S. military’s missions over the past decades. Creeping worldwide warring culture. American … Continue reading
SteamyTreks
Jake at the helm. Now this is the way to spend these hot haze daze! Gimme some of that. Hope GemQueen has cool breezes on her birthday weekend at the beach. JeanJean’s SanFran sojourn coming to an end as she’s … Continue reading
Filed under Travel
DoilyDaze
What happened to sweet cut-out heart pasted on a doily? Now it’s flannel pajama-grams, teddy bears. Who likes this stuff? Give me good old-fashioned respect, consideration, love on the other 364 days of the year. Genuine affection was on full display … Continue reading
BlogYear
One year ago today I posted my first entry on TheSideTrek. It was all about TheCaffertyFile. Jack’s read my comments on the air many times since, yet I’m still surprised. A year later where are we? I told Jack the … Continue reading
Filed under CNN Appearances, History
CrystalBallz-2011
Good riddance to ‘Year of the Skunk’. No, not the Chinese year. My year. Half of it spent with skunky hair until it eclipsed to silvery white. Then, last winter, stinky smell under porch. Skunks had taken up residence along … Continue reading
SideTrek-BlogSpotted
Pioneer Valley newspaper Daily Hampshire Gazette featured TheSideTrek in Phoebe Mitchell’s “Blog Spotter” report. Cool! Great article. Read it here, the link works now, thanks to Noah: ‘Florence Woman Makes Mark on CNN Blog, and Her Own’. Ms. Mitchell highlighted frequent on-air … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, Northampton
FeminisTrek
Back in the day at Mount Holyoke, feminism was burgeoning, we were on the cusp of being dutiful daughters or Steinem surrogates. As one who never liked joining, I eschewed the tide and succeeded in the business world as an … Continue reading
WeekendTreks-BadMen
Great episode this week, MadMen tackled blatant workplace sexual harassment of the time. Women of a certain age remember it well. There were jerks. As with Joan and Peggy, you had to navigate it and women didn’t always protect each … Continue reading
Filed under Men, Sports, Television
MadTreks
It’s a mad world on MadMen these days. Betty is getting more evil. Is she revealing an incestuous past? Did she allow Sally to get too close to her Dad, Sally’s grandfather? Meanwhile, Joan and Peggy are running the show … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Film, Television
JelloTreks
Summer haze like walking through Jello. If people are out of jobs and consumer debt is out of control, why can’t I find a decent hotel room anywhere for less than $500 a nite? OK decent is a relative term. … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, International Affairs, Media, Northampton, Politics, Television
