This week’s Correctionists post features a pet peeve rather than an actual error: I’m not sure if the creator of this sign knows the actual spelling of the word “cruise.” I suspect he does. But it almost irks me more if he willingly chose to spell it incorrectly. Why spell something wrong on purpose? Is [...]
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I’m running again. After a multi-year layoff during which I had my kids, I started running about a month ago, with the support of my husband, my sister-in-law, and the geniuses behind the Couch-to-5K running plan. I love the way I can be in the moment when I run. I notice the dappled sunlight on [...]
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I’m honored today to feature an interview with Linda Pressman, author of the newly released Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors, and Skokie. Thank you, Linda, for taking the time to offer such thoughtful insights into your book and the process of writing it. — When did you decide to tell this story? How long [...]
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With tremendous humor and heart, Linda Pressman tells the story of growing up as the sixth of seven daughters of two Holocaust survivors in Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors, and Skokie, her recently released debut. Linda, of the funny and heartwarming blog, Barmitzvahzilla, was my first blogging friend. She and I met through a [...]
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You can’t always get what you want / But if you try sometimes you just might find / You get what you need. – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards I’ve always found deliciously resonant the idea of a “fourth trimester” – that demanding three month period that comes right after a baby is born and is starting [...]
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Too bad no one on the “experience” staff of Little Einstein Learning Center took time to proofread their Yellow Pages advertisement. Alas, it seems that bad grammar is plaguing our nation’s preschools. (For more evidence, check out this post by Jana.) But not to worry: the Correctionists are organized and ready to right these wrongs, one [...]
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Baby Sister is teething and the eruption of tiny peaks through her gums has caused her to take a hiatus from her usually stellar sleeping habits. Last night, after I nursed her back to sleep, I found myself awake and restless so I started flipping through the Styles section of Sunday’s New York Times. There [...]
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