Category Archives: Left Field

Can I Make Peace With Christmas?

Christmas is my least favorite holiday.  There.  I said it.  As a child, I loved Christmas.  As an adult, my relationship with Christmas is more temperamental.  This post is one I wanted to write for a while but was afraid to write.  I thought, “Do you really want to fly that freak flag?”  I turned 50 this year, and there is something liberating in that.  You realize if you don’t start doing the things you are afraid of doing, you will die before they get done.  Listen up all of you members of the Mistletoe Mafia, not all of us feel that this is the most wonderful time of the year.     

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One Beekeeper’s Review of The Barbie Movie

My favorite question to get to know a person better is, “What is your favorite book, and why?”  It’s a great ice-breaking question and reveals a lot about a person.  (Click here if you want to know my 10 favorite books of all time.)  Recently, I have switched to the question, “What do you think about the movie Barbie?”  That question is far more interesting. 

Here is a smattering of the responses:

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