Alexis Rankin Popik's Blog, page 29
May 29, 2016
MEMORIAL DAY 2016
ENJOY THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER! I’ll be back next week to write about friendships and gardens. Meanwhile, I hope you are having a relaxing holiday. I’ll be back next week to write about … Continue reading →
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May 22, 2016
KILLING A TREE, PART 2
Last Monday, May 16, I vowed to kill my long-languishing Meyer Lemon tree. And then I didn’t. Instead, I agreed to give the tree another chance after my husband confessed that he “loved that tree” (news to me!). Several readers … Continue reading →
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May 15, 2016
KILLING A TREE
Today I am going to kill a living thing–a Meyer lemon tree. Every now and then I try to figure out what in my life is worth time and effort and what is not. Last week I decided that all the years … Continue reading →
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May 8, 2016
BOOK-SHAMING
Have you ever been ashamed of a book you are reading? In an ideal world, we would not care what others may think of our book choices. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t judge others by what they are reading. … Continue reading →
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April 24, 2016
YOU’RE ON MY LIST
When I was a little kid and my mother said, “You’re on my list,” it was scary. Now I’m more likely to hear that from a restaurant hostess and it’s a relief. There are all kinds of lists: to-do … Continue reading →
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April 17, 2016
FIVE FAVORITE BLOGS
If you’re like me, you don’t like to spend much time reading blogs. (That’s one reason I keep this one to 300 words or less.) However, there are many blogs out there that are clearly written and full of … Continue reading →
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April 10, 2016
ARE YOU SLEEPING?
Not sleeping is a problem for millions of people. All you need to do is eavesdrop on conversations—whether they be of tired parents with young children, chronically sleep-deprived teenagers, the ever-growing number of sleep apneacs—and you’ll understand why every newspaper, … Continue reading →
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March 28, 2016
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
In January, Paul Kalanithi’s book, When Breath Becomes Air, was published posthumously. There are many favorable reviews of this chronicle (here’s one from the New York Times) of his illness and impending death, but that isn’t what I want to … Continue reading →
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March 20, 2016
COOL CATS
I don’t know when the word cats came to apply to jazz musicians. I’m not even sure it’s still in use. Current terminology or not, last week I spent several hours with two of the coolest cats around—Jimmy Cobb and … Continue reading →
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March 13, 2016
LIONS, SAFARIS AND LIFE CYCLES
If you want to understand the human life cycles, I suggest going on safari in Africa. It’s all there: baby animals following their parents; teenage males trying to be scary; adult male lions in the prime of life (and … Continue reading →
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