Archive for the 'Mississippi' Category



More green from back home!

Published on March 18, 2010

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This is a terrific video explaining the insane festival of St Paddy’s Day that happens in my home town every year. As you also know, I have been posting a lot about children’s television programming lately, and this coincides with the Jim Henson exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Kermit was the co Grand [...]


If I can’t find glamour here in Beverly Hills…

Published on March 28, 2009

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…I can always find it in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. Just a casual tea party in the Belhaven neighborhood – thanks to the Wiggintons for the party and Dr Edwin McAllister for the photo!


Abundance of riches – torpor of spirit

Published on August 3, 2008

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Right now I have a couple of hours to do anything I want to do. I have before me:
• Beverly Hills Community Services Bulletin – and pore over pages six and seven – I can stress about whether the Critter is properly stimulated prior to entering preschool.
• Read
I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with my Daddy
, by Ellen [...]


Artist / Mom?

Published on April 18, 2008

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When I was expecting the Critter, I was haunted by the voice of Louise Nevelson in a documentary I saw in design school. I can’t quote her, but she was talking about having children when you’re “on this search” for art and that it’s unkind to put children in [...]