Last night, we had potato soup, and asparagus, and grilled cheese, and settled in to watch It’s A Wonderful Life. (Yes, we were a few days late, but as Jews, we get the you-don’t-have-to-watch-it-before-Christmas exemption. Very handy!) Oddly, I hadn’t seen Wonderful Life in a good couple of years, despite it being one of my [...]
All posts for the month December, 2009
Wonderful.
Posted by emilylhauser on December 31, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/wonderful/
Gaza vs. Iran.
I couldn’t help but notice over the weekend that I was all but ignoring the fact that it’s been a year since the outbreak of the war in Gaza — and yet was focusing obsessively on Iran. I’m not proud of this fact, but I think I understand why: Having lived, studied, and written about [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 28, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/gaza-vs-iran/
Sunday brief: Following events in Iran.
I wrote the other day that I was holding my breath, waiting for today in Iran. Well, today is here. And so far, it’s been bloody. As I sit at my computer, casting about to find out what’s happening/has already happened (bearing in mind that Iran is 9 1/2 hours ahead of CST, where I [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 27, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/sunday-brief-following-events-in-iran/
Oops!
Hand to God, I forgot to post! I even had a plan! So sorry! Truth be told, I’m not sure how many of you will be coming by in the next day or two, but still and all, it seems shabby not to post out of sheer forgetfulness. So I’ll give you part of the [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 24, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/oops/
Iran: Holding my breath.
You may have heard: Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran’s preeminent cleric and a stunningly outspoken opponent of the regime, died in his sleep on Sunday night — and in an odd, even uncanny way, his death reads almost like a final gift to the hard-pressed opposition movement now struggling to bring change to Iran [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 22, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/iran-holding-my-breath/
Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and me.
The other day, I solicited suggestions for what a person with writer’s block might write about. My buddy The Grand Panjandrum suggested in the comments that I write about my part of the world: Restaurants. Local music. Public Transportation. Interesting personalities. Museums. Art Exhibits. Parks and other public spaces. Architecture. The biggest challenge here is [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 21, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/frank-lloyd-wright-ernest-hemingway-and-me/
Consider my head cleared.
Well, this just pisses me the hell off. American-Israeli Michael Oren, author and — oh yes — Israel’s ambassador to the United States has just told the world that I am “fooling around with the lives of seven million people” in pursuing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is opposed by the current [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 18, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/consider-my-head-cleared/
/knocks on side of head/ Nope! I got nuthin’!
I have been struggling all day to come up with something to write. I feel I owe it to the folks who come by here, daily or occasionally, as well as to myself, because after all: I have set myself up as a provider of the Daily Blogging! But I can’t for the life of [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 17, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/knocks-on-side-of-head-nope-i-got-nuthin/
Q/A + Good stuff: The Swell Season, ctd.
Occasionally, I get actual questions in the comments, and given Rule #6, I feel that I must answer these questions in post form! 1) “Applesauce or latkes?” absurdbeats asks — to which I can only reply: Why would you force me to choose? I thought we were friends! 2) “How can I contact you?” To [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 16, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/qa-good-stuff-the-swell-season-ctd/
Baby, it’s warm inside.
I mentioned recently that I’m cold. It’s that time, that hunkering down and covering up time, that time when all the world seems still and sharp and withdrawn. Waiting. That time when the people of the world eat. I spent the vast majority of my day today at the kids’ school, making latkes. Making, and [...]
Posted by emilylhauser on December 15, 2009
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/baby-its-warm-inside/
