Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: Last night I went to a set of talks being held for British Academy Literature Week. The British Academy is a wonderful institution, and among their other works they present a series of fascinating talks on topics ranging from ancient relics to modern neuroscience. These … Continue reading
Author Archives: Caitlin McDonald
I Turned on the News This Morning (or, “We’re Watching History Being Made”)
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 I turned on the news this morning, schlumping lazily out of bed later than usual. As I watched the news of Osama bin Laden’s death break I was transported back ten years. I woke up late that morning, too. I was doing some reading … Continue reading
The Royal Wedding Exodus
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Yes, I know, Skirt!istas. Friday was the Royal Wedding, and it’s probably the only Royal Wedding I’ll ever get a chance to see, and thousands and thousands of people were there, and I live in London, and I should be writing the bestest blog … Continue reading
Vermilion
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: I always have to remind myself that the color vermilion is actually red, because the ‘ver’ part makes me think of green. I was going to write a whole blog about that, then realized that basically … Continue reading
Greenlessness
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Last summer I lost my uncle. Shortly after he died I had to be in Oxford for a conference. It was so beautiful there in summer, the colors so lush and vibrant. The word verdant could … Continue reading
Kelly Green
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Kelly, my cousin who has never been overseas before, came to visit me last week. Everything was new to her and it made me see not only London but so many experiences again as if for … Continue reading
Optimum Green-Specificity
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Recently I found myself hunting through a shelf of shimmering spools of thread of all colors. I picked up a bluish one, held it up to my dress, put it back. I picked up a greenish … Continue reading
Rebarbative
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Have you ever learned a new word and realized that such a word was exactly what was missing from your life? This is how I felt a few days ago when introduced to the word rebarbative, which I was told meant disgust or repellance … Continue reading
When the Moon Shines through the Pine Trees
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Perhaps because of too many rounds of Bad Song Poker, Ive had a certain tune rolling around in my head for the past few days. Its actually a song I quite enjoy and would never play in a round of BSP, having learned it … Continue reading
Uterus is not a dirty word.
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 This is a portion of my letter to Florida Speaker of the House Dean Cannon, who reprimanded Representative Scott Randolph for using the word ‘uterus’ on the House floor: read more Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 