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September 24, 2017September 24, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

Oh, Mr. Darcy!

Colin Firth now has Italian citizenship! Isn’t that amazing? It comes as a shock to think of that charming, erudite, upper-crust, fellow with the plummy accent becoming an Italian. We all think of him as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, or Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary (yes, he has played two Darcys), or […]

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January 27, 2015January 26, 2015Snowbird of Paradise

Anonymity, Names, and Identity

Once, when I was a young mother living in a new place, I had to ask people to call me by my first name. My husband called me “Sweetheart” or “Love” and my children called me “Mom” or “Mommy.” I had temporarily given up my career, so I had no colleagues to check in with. […]