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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 4:27:17 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled guess who's coming to dinner:
Alice said, "What a difference a few days make. A few of us recently attended a conversation for the New York Times restaurant series of panel discussions with Frank Bruni the former Times restaurant critic. The panel included several of the city's most..." more
Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:12:39 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled men behaving badly:
Alice said, "There was a thought provoking Op-Ed piece this past weekend called "Justin Beiber for President." The author's point was that during these difficult times adults seem to be simmering over into emotional meltdowns and that only the children seem..." more
Monday, July 19, 2010 6:37:33 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled :
Alice said, "What an awful bit of avian irony. I filled the bird feeder attached to the window in the den and, as usual, it took about ten seconds for the first of the birds in the yard to land on it and start to peck away at the seeds in the feeder. In the..." more
Saturday, July 3, 2010 10:56:56 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled dawn of a new day:
Alice said, "Day 60. It has become an ominous tally of days since a reckless British Petroleum oil rig started to spew gallon after gallon of oil into the open sea. The world got to meet a company executive in the form of Tony Hayward, a man in charge of so..." more
Friday, May 28, 2010 9:54:30 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled you can't handle the truth:
Alice said, "Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Andrew Wheeler. Two guys who won't be working as fact checkers any time soon. One aligns himself with veterans of war without ever having been a part of any military action and one duped the..." more
Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:25:25 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled return to sender:
Alice said, "When I was considering adopting a dog I was amazed at how many people suggested that I could always give the animal back to the shelter if the situation did not work out . Really? What kind of a half-hearted commitment is that? What is your measure..." more
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:17:37 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled in the pink:
Alice said, "Everyone has their inner clock for the passing of time. The beginning of a new calendar year, the September back to school rush or a birthday. Mine is rooted, literally, outside the bedroom window. It is around the third week of March that the bare..." more
Monday, March 15, 2010 7:48:46 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled march madness:
Alice said, "There is something so restorative about this time of year. The first garden growth of the season emerge from the crown of plants and the delicate snowdrops dangling buds on arching stems signal the first signs of spring. It is the time of year to..." more
Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:48:29 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled go for the gold:
Alice said, "For the second time in a month we have had an honest to goodness can't-get-the-back-door-open-because-of-the-snow-drifts blizzard. We haven't had many significant snowfalls the past few years so it was a reminder of what winter weather can do that..." more
Saturday, February 13, 2010 4:32:53 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled to a dear buddyroo:
Alice said, ""If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap,..." more
Friday, February 5, 2010 7:58:58 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled don't ask, don't bark, don't tell:
Alice said, "Man's best friend. That is until he barks in a New York city apartment. The same week that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, calls for the end of the sixteen year old 'don't ask, don't tell' law which would bring an end..." more
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:02:40 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled r u aware what all the texting will do 2 u l8r kids?:
Alice said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out. Timothy Leary would be proud. The kids gather in groups most afternoons outside Starbucks. Their heads are bowed to their phones furiously text messaging and they barely speak to each other. One day I just may do it. Walk..." more
Monday, January 18, 2010 7:37:11 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled out with the old and in with the new:
Alice said, "The Christmas tree stands illuminated in the same corner location in the living room year after year. That's right. Not the politically correct 'holiday tree.' That's what it was called in our house when I grew up and that is what I continue to call..." more
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 9:22:01 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled Should old acquaintence be forgot?:
Alice said, "Here it comes. 'Start your diet.' 'Drop the holiday pounds in the new year.' Does everyone really lose all sense of control at the end of the year when it comes to indulgences? Or does it happen all year with many things? A new year and a time to..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:29 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled overture:
Alice said, "Cue the orchestra, raise the curtain, I am stepping into the light. Blogging. I have resisted technology as much as I could so far and I will continue to do so. I have no interest in the whole notion of 'social networking' as I don't have the luxury..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:29 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled boo:
Alice said, "When did Halloween become such a celebratory holiday? Sure, there have always been some people who are more into the festivities of all that is spooky than others. But adults wishing a Happy Halloween to each other with no children around? Orange..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:29 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled Montauk daisy and feeling lazy:
Alice said, "The first real gust of air blew off the water when I was walking through the local cultural center this morning. That first blast that says it is really time to face the cold season that is rolling in. The magnolia tree is laughing at us and our..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:28 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled moving in and moving on:
Alice said, "Ah, Mother Nature. She never lets us become complacent. Just when we think we have her all figured out she surprises us with what we don't expect. I had given in to the cooler forces that blew through a few days ago and then it all changed to a..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:28 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled brotherly love:
Alice said, "Filed under you just can't make this stuff up.A mother is having a casual conversation with another mother as two small children, pacifiers firmly in place, start playing the hand challenge. Poke. Poke back. Poke again. The action escalates into a..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00:28 AM
Alice Knisley Matthias wrote a blog post titled salute:
Alice said, "It is Veteran's Day. A salute to those who have served us and those who are doing so now. It is my sincere hope that all the parents who didn't send their children to school last week so that they could take the kids to the parade for the World..." more
Saturday, November 23, 2013 1:45:44 PM
Alice Knisley Matthias updated the biography on her profile page