Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Usually, I work on Weekend Reads all week. I start the post and as I read articles or think of something I add it and save the draft. Sometimes, I even have two in draft – the one for the coming week and the one after. But this week, Weekend Reads is being put together…
I remember you first contacted me when my sister was in the hospital for a brain tumor. You asked an innocent question and I took out all my fear and anger and worry about her surgery on you. I was walking from one wing of the Georgetown University Hospital to another, a place where you…
I was flipping channels the other week and came across Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian and award-winning bestelling author. She was being interviewed about her book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times. The book goes into how Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson handled tough times in America, making difficult decisions,…
This week we bought school supplies and ordered back to school clothes. My daughter starts middle school at the end of this month, something she’s been looking forward to for so long. Middle school is a topic of many of her books and the shows and movies she loves, but this year she’ll be attending…
Even before I started my blog in 2005, I loved how the internet offered a sense of community, a way to connect with individuals across the globe who were kindred spirits. Through the internet, I was able to meet heroes and inspirations I only knew before from my books, magazine subscriptions, and the shows on…
I know I am not the only one who is struggling to be productive, to be focused, to have the same creativity and drive they had six months ago. I have fantastic ideas for blog posts but can’t form more than one paragraph without losing my direction. I trip over my words when I try…
If you’re not excited about the November election, you’re not alone. I get it if your party’s candidate isn’t who you wanted. It was clear in these past four years that we didn’t elect just a president, but a whole administration/regime. Your vote isn’t just for a president, but an entire administration and we need…
How to Help This week is personal. This is my cousin Brett. He is in need of a kidney and his search has been made harder because of corona. (Long Island News 12) Learn more about Brett at this profile of him on the National Kidney Registry. You can also contact the Northshore Renal…
This week I dreamt I was in my white Zara pantsuit at an event at a restaurant or a bar. It was one of those places that is narrow and long, opens up to a large space, and then more nooks and hallways to best use the minimal space available in a city with a…