by Debra Darvick | Feb 22, 2009 | Bookshelf
I love Bill Bryson. What the guy does with the English language is stupendous. There was The Mother Tongue in which he wrote that only English would have the same word for an irritating insect you want to swat and the opening to men’s trousers. Read his paean to...
by Debra Darvick | Feb 16, 2009 | Musings
I met Cantor Susan Wehle five years ago at my cousin’s son’s Bar Mitzvah. We convened in Buffalo during an icy winter weekend in high spirits, eager to catch up with our far flung loved ones, eager to worship together and celebrate with Sam and his family....
by Debra Darvick | Feb 9, 2009 | Musings
Short post this week. Starting a new job tomorrow, have a jewelry show at week’s end with my friend Annick and come 3pm I’ll be out in this beautiful sunshine and 40+ degree weather spraying my azaleas with Wilt-Pruf to help them maintain their moisture....
by Debra Darvick | Feb 3, 2009 | Writing Life
Seems that since the 1950’s, apostrophes have been dropping from Britains (uh ‘scuse me) Britain’s street signs. And now Birmingham, England’s second-largest city, is officially banning the apostrophe from all its street signs. Why? According...
