The Frumanista

When I was a kid, as much as I could recall, I played by myself. Luke, if he was feeling tolerant, would play with me here and there, but fo...

I got a taste of Steven Johnson's new book, A Short History of Living Longer , with the article written by him printed in the NY Times M...

Social media has been having hysterics over My Unorthodox Life —and it even had a moment when it had a conversation in my family.  I have a ...

I am currently without a favorite cleanser.  My former favorite—and it is perhaps still, my favorite in my heart—was the Giovanni D:TOX Syst...

I've been working my way through Naomi Novick's Temeraire series. It's of the fantasy genre, taking place during the Napoleonic ...

I think one of the first indications I was becoming "old" was when I began to consider some recipes too sweet .  I used to take a ...

There is a store I don't like to go into. The owner is a grump, and snaps at me.  I would usually just take my business elsewhere, but ...

I've started Alice Adams' Superior Women , and I'm cringing a lot .  There are two characters, two women, who are vastly differe...

Motherhood, then c ovid, blunted my makeup knowledge. I feel rather behind the times, clueless as to what deliciousness has hit the market i...

Abigail Tucker wrote a piece on how the presence of one's mother is invaluable while mothering, even citing a number of studies how the...