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Waaaa, my favorite show on TV just ended it’s eighth season. If you’ve been reading my posts for a while you probably know that I love – no, make that adore – a show called So You [...]

“I live by goosebumps.”–Quincy Jones Birdsong. A double rainbow. Really hot Latin music. Capturing a perfect moment on my digital camera (like the photo above). Watching an ah-ha [...]

“I live by goosebumps.” –Quincy Jones Twice this week I have been elevated beyond words in the most unexpected ways. Both involved the music of Sting. The first came from a 30-second [...]

Passion. Practice. Precision. Throw in a little Beyoncé, some groovin’ moves, a snug-fitting outfit to accentuate the hip action, and you’ve got dancing magic, baby! As a follow up to [...]

  If you knew me, you’d know that I studied dance intensively for six weeks at Harvard at the grandmotherly age of 30. I was the oldest one in the program. I thought if I studied [...]

Can you feel it too? There’s something in the air – and it’s not just that my most favorite show on television So You Think You Can Dance had its best finale ever [read: out of body [...]

“Hey Ted, move your head.” Living in a family of book lovers, readers, and library fanatics, I feel a twinge of guilt every time I turn on the TV. Why is it that I feel somehow [...]