Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres. I hope 2016 has been good to you so far and will be filled with love and wonderful blessings. Paula Gunn Allen is the Belle for this month. Allen was a novelist, poet, and scholar, and she drew on the influences of feminism and […]
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I didn’t begin piano for pleasure. In fifth grade, math was my nemesis, an unremitting struggle. I felt myself a free spirit, not to be contained by the postulates and rigidity that marked mathematical thinking. My father mentioned studies correlating piano study with improved math skills, suggesting that they work similar parts of the brain. […]
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Since this month’s theme is “Fairytales,” I’ve decided to reflect on the advice and life lessons behind some of my favorite childhood fairytales. To start, let’s consider some of Walt Disney’s classics. The Little Mermaid Ariel wishes to be a human when she is only a mermaid, she loves a man against her father’s […]
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[su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CFz2M8kjc&list=FLBLXszp9o3z3Vz63PO6m5eA&index=2″] Just in time to prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics, here is one of the best figure skating routines you will ever have the pleasure of watching. Performed by Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, two-time U.S Pair Skating Silver medalists, this routine brings to life Disney’s Pocahontas in the best way possible: on […]
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