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  • November 8, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    YES, TOGETHER, WE CAN

    It was a miracle, plain and simple. The whole world held their breath Tuesday night as the election returns came in, state by state. First, McCain won West Virginia, Obama won Vermont. McCain got Tennessee and Texas, too. Texas was a very large red blob on the TV map. Lots and lots of red down

  • November 2, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    Back To “The Good Old Days”?

    I am old enough to remember the “good old days” — before Roe v. Wade. It was not a pretty picture. I had a friend, let’s call her Henrietta. Henrietta was 17 years-old, a senior in high school, and had a boyfriend, let’s call him Fred, who was 21 and worked in construction. Fred and

  • October 20, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    The Quest

    Much has been made of womens’ lust for shoes. Think Imelda Marcos or Carrie Bradshaw. But it’s not the Manolo Blancos that get me all fired up. It’s bags. Tote bags, shoulder bags, messenger bags, pocketbooks, purses. A bag by any other name would still be — a bag. Art laughs at me. I have

  • October 9, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    Searching For a Miracle

    A few days ago, our neighbor generously shared a magazine with us which I have never seen before. I don’t remember the name, but you know — it’s one of those magazines about spirituality, unity and healing with lots of ads for Whole Foods and organic cotton yoga wear — well, you get the picture.

  • September 30, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    “Forgotten Songs”

    Play clip Forgotten Songs The deep, crooning baritone you hear at the beginning and end of “Forgotten Songs” is actually a 1993 recording of my father, Philip Brourman singing one of his own tunes, “Gambler’s Blues”; a song he wrote during his time as a P.O.W. in Germany during World War II. (He is accompanied

  • September 28, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    America

    I was 15, going on 16 – just like the song says in The Sound of Music. I was invited to my first party at a friend’s house without parental supervision. Of course, this was unbeknownst to my parents, who would never have let me go if they had known that the Hendersons were off

  • September 20, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    Watching “Ed Wood”

    Last night Art and I had a truly fabulous night watching “Ed Wood”‘, a film made in 1994 starring Johnnie Depp in the title role with Martin Landau co-starring as Bela Lugosi. (Martin Landau won an Oscar for his performance, which, I am sure, was absolutely deserved. First of all, if you don’t know, Ed

  • September 5, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    Lies, Sex and Politics!

    Let’s talk politics. Yes, I know. Mom always said there were two topics of conversation to avoid: 1) religion; 2) politics. But I am a rebellious child, and so I am flagrantly violating Mom’ s rule. Some of you won’ t like what I have to say. That’ s fine. So far, this is still

  • August 31, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    HAPPY BIRTH DAY, MOM

    Today is my 58th birthday. Hard to believe I’ ve been on this earth all those years, and yet, through the magic of memory, I can instantly be back to my eight year-old self, sitting with my mother at the kitchen table in our house on Gettysburg Street. Mom was telling me about how I

  • August 24, 2008 / by Robin Munson

    Home

    A few days ago a reporter asked John McCain an odd question. He asked, “Mr. McCain, how many homes do you own?”. It sounds like a very simple question. McCain stammered and replied, “I’ll have to have my staff get back to you on that”. Huh? How can anyone be confused about how many homes