I’m all for hating on holidays that make single people feel marginalized. Or any event that does for that matter. (Even as I type I can hear the voice of every lector at every wedding I’ve been to where the bride and groom have chosen the reading that starts “Two are better than one.” That…
The Liminal Stage
Celebrating in Cyberspace: Save-the-dates and Saints and Saris, Oh My!
Those who like to malign the sad state the world’s in (and who doesn’t? It’s pretty much everyone’s favorite pastime) often complain that we’re so plugged in to our computers that we’re cut off from each other. And it’s true to an extent–we’ve all seen (or been) a table of friends at dinner, busily texting…
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Tell Me About the Rabbit…
This was a weekend of celebration for me. I was celebrating my mom, Joanie’s, 70th birthday (for more on her turning 70 see her blog www.arollingcrone.blogspot.com), and my Uncle Bob and Aunt Robin’s 20th anniversary. But I also joined Asians all over the world by observing Chinese New Year, mainly by stuffing my face. The…
A Thousand Points of Light
So, cryogenics and anti-feminist princess rhetoric aside, Disney was right about one thing: It is a small world after all. What’s got me thinking that today is Candelaria, or Candlemas, or Hypapante, or whatever you and yours call the religious celebration on February 2nd, if you call it anything at all. Coming 39 days after…
Bright Lights, Big River!
So, it’s fitting, given that the Ganges is the scene of so much transformation, that my own film career started (and ended) on the Ganges. On January 1st, 2007 (are you feeling the liminality yet?) I awoke in the lovely Hotel Ganges View in Benares. A converted nobleman’s palace, the hotel is located above Assi…
The Laughing Yogi in the Fetid River of Life
One of the amazing things about being in India is that people are actively seeking enlightenment all around you, all the time. And it’s (usually) not in an annoying, “I know more than you do about the meaning of life” kind of way. It’s just that people’s daily routine involves a lot of thinking about…
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