As I’m sure you know, Valley of Silence is the third and final book in Nora Roberts’s Circle Trilogy. I actually read it when it came out on Halloween, but I’m just now getting around to writing about it. So, here’s my take: it was kind of meh. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoyed it, [...]

Fiona Apple, The First Taste I lie in an early bed, thinking late thoughts Waiting for the black to replace my blue I do not struggle in your web, because it was my aim to get caught But daddy longlegs, I feel That I am finally growing weary Of waiting to be consumed by youGive [...]

Today I’m debuting a new category on themodernista: artbeat. This category will be for discussing art, reviewing art,  looking at artist’s bios, and occasionally debuting my own work, when I feel I’ve done something worthwhile. Today’s feature is Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse. I’ve loved this work ever since I was a [...]

I just discovered the website designhergals, which lets you create a cute cartoon image of yourself or any woman you know and then have it printed on stationery, notecards, stickers, etc. I was playing around with it and created these little cartoons of myself and my mom. Adorable!

My whole "lose 21 pounds by the end of the year" thing got derailed a few weeks ago when I got really, really sick. I’ve since recovered, but I just haven’t hopped back on the fitness bandwagon yet. I think I’m on my way, though. I’ve been reading an interesting fitness book, and today we [...]

He has a hilarious rant about everything: the Starbucki at the end of the world, candy corn, Mormons, the president, airline security…I had the pleasure of seeing him live on Saturday night, where, in his words, he did the dumbest thing he’s ever done on stage, and received his dumbest heckle. He also told an [...]