O, The Oprah Magazine articles from April 2002

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from April 2002

Letters.
April 1, 2002... We Hear You! Readers weigh in on Oprah's interview with Condoleezza Rice, the many facets of freedom, the gripping Andrea Yates profile, and more.... Passion, intelligence, elegance... Condoleezza Rice is a marvelous role model for...

Strength in numbers. (Here We Go).
April 1, 2002... I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE STRENGTH OF A group. Whether the goal is to exercise consistently or to connect with others in healing prayer, when two or more people gather around a commitment, a purpose, a plan, or an intention, their...

What the world needs most: the answer is so simple, says the great master cellist Pablo Casals -- simple and scary. (Live Your Best Life).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Each man has inside him a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated, but it takes courage for a man to listen to his own inner goodness...

Dr. Phil: "We teach people how to treat us"; Advice on butting in on a grown daughter's marriage, children and ADHD, and how to stop being everybody's favorite whipping girl. (Tell it Like it is).
April 1, 2002... Q My daughter has just told my husband and me that she and her husband are having marital problems. They have been married for eight years, don't have any children, and have started counseling. We aren't sure who caused all the problems, only...

Suze Orman: "Mess is exactly the right word"; Sometimes things don't work out as planned. Here's how to handle a market decline, a new debt, and a run-in with the family. (Financial Freedom).
April 1, 2002... Q My parents retired with $400,000. They used a respected investment advisor who put all their money into mutual funds. Now their funds have lost a lot of value. My parents haven't sold, so technically they haven't lost any money yet. But it...

I'm reacting as fast as I can! Ahem: Martha Beck wants your attention at once. No time? Then attend to her four sanity-rescuing techniques. (Beck on Call).
April 1, 2002... WHEN I BEGAN THIS ARTICLE, I was sitting in front of two computers: my desktop, which I was using to upload some photographs and create a music CD, and my laptop, on which I tapped away whenever the other computer showed the annoying little...

The gospel according to Andrea Lee: the language, the food, the culture, the people are different--but soul is soul all over the world. An expatriate writer finds some southern comfort, Italian style. (Aha! Moment).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IT WAS A BLISTERING AFTERNOON IN PERUGIA, PART of a heat wave that besieged the beautiful Italian university town during last summer's jazz festival. I was sitting with my children at an outdoor cafe on a side street, eating lunch and...

The force of a woman. (Use Your Life).(Kathy Burke, counselor)(Interview)
April 1, 2002... Kathy Burke was already a New York City police legend. Then she went beyond the call of duty with a groundbreaking support group for officers who have been injured on and off the job. AT FIRST THE DOZEN OR SO COPS, ALL OF whom were at...

Soul mates: a primer. (Couples).
April 1, 2002... Does your perfect match exist? What if he lives in Greenland? What if there's more than one? Valerie Frankel aims some soul-searching questions at religious leaders, metaphysicians, and academics. EN YEARS AGO I MET MY SOUL MATE. HE WAS...

"This is not who we are": Seeking consolation in a shaky world, Arab-American writer Naomi Shihab Nye finds wisdom in the melodies and memories of the people she loves. (Family).
April 1, 2002... I'M IDLING IN THE DRIVE-THROUGH line at a fast-food franchise in Texas, the kind of place I usually avoid, because my hungry teenager needs a hamburger, when a curling strand of delicate violin rises from National Public Radio. I know...

Got the world on a string. (Gems).(Regina Carter talks about playing the kind of music usually dominated by men)(Interview)
April 1, 2002... Women aren't supposed to play jazz. Women aren't supposed to play jazz on violins. But one woman has been shattering musical categories since she was a child. Susan Chumsky reports on the sublime Regina Carter. REGINA CARTER IS TERRIFIED....

Life force: For Julia A. Smith, MD, the most powerful medicine of all is helping cancer patients navigate the rest of their lives. Lisa Kogan sits down with the doctor of your dreams. (Healing).(Interview)
April 1, 2002... SHE LOOKS INTO your body and soul at the same time." "She's like a brilliant medical detective. She studied my slides herself, cell by cell." "She said, 'What do you want to do with the rest of your life?' I'll never forget that....

Energy vampires. (Energy).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Whether it's a drama queen, a sob sister, or a perennial blamer, some people can suck the life right out of you. Judith Orloff, MD, on how to deal with people who need too much. Hint: A crucifix and garlic just don't cut it. SOME PEOPLE...

Me, Inc. revisitec: We invited these women to an all-day seminar designed to jump-start their careers. Seven months later we checked in with them. Have they achieved their ideals? Ronna Lichtenberg files an update. (Working Spirit).
April 1, 2002... We invited these women to an all-day seminar designed to jump-start their careers. Seven months later we checked in with them. Have they achieved their ideals? Ronna Lichtenberg files an update. LAST SUMMER I WROTE FOR THIS magazine about a...

Thank god it's Monday: Who needs Paris, Rome, Athens? For Mary McNamara, the best vacation hot spot is next to the watercooler. (It's About Time).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... HERE'S A LITTLE DIRTY secret of a working mother: I love Mondays. On certain weekends when 19-month-old Fiona is teething or 3 1/2-year-old Danny Mac is testing out a new defiance skill--whining, perhaps, or slamming doors--when the amount of...

The o list: "a few things I think are just great"; Oprah.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Blue Streak "Here's a chic addition to your bedside table and a pretty way to stay hydrated." (Decanter, $90, Orrefors; 800-852-3221; www.orrefors.com) Dry and Mighty "I have seen the future, and it's towels made from beechwood...

Loosen up; Think how sexy it looks -- and feels -- to wear a man's shirt. That's the idea behind these easy-fitting spring clothes: They're slouchy but never sloppy. Eight tight-minded women get comfortable. (Fashion).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Carmen De Lavallade Pioneering contemporary dancer, choreographer, actress, teacher, 71 STYLE PROFILE: She gravitates toward unusual accessories--"necklaces, cameos, bracelets, shawls. And I have a thing about hats." ALL ABOUT...

Goody bags: Daffodil fever got you by the stem? Then spring for a brand-new, tuck-away multipocketed, hold-everything cosmetics bag. (Beauty Girls Toys).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IT'S TIME TO THROW THE windows wide open, shake out the rugs, and let in the sweet April breezes--a process that always seems to get us in the mood for a little reorganizing. Why not start with a small project? Toss your old makeup and treat...

Life the sculptor: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the warmest, kindest, sparkliest one of all? Daryn Eller talks to psychologists about the kind of beauty age only enhances. (Beauty).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A FORMER BOY FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THAT HE LOVED the way the skin around my eyes crinkled up when I smiled. "Your crow's-feet," he said admiringly. In my early thirties at the time, I wasn't aware that I had crow's-feet and frankly, I wasn't too...

Tooling your resources: Brush, curl, blush, and be altogether snippy with the best, latest, and coolest in cutting-edge beauty utensils. (Beauty Shopper).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... WITH THE PROFUSION OF BEAUTY TOOLS out there, it can be difficult to tell the super from the superfluous. So we asked some experts to help us track down the implements they consider second to none. Hairstylist and consultant for Therma-Silk...

Diane Sawyer's body of work: Her friends can't get over how buff she's looking...and it's all thanks to Jim Karas, a genial fitness-dictator.
April 1, 2002... Lise Funderburg eavesdrops on a workout. (Minding your body) "IF YOU'RE FOUND IN A DARK ALLEY with a large rubber band...," Diane Sawyer says to her trainer as she struggles to kick out a leg that's constrained by wide blue elastic tubing....

A perfect little dinner: Cooking legend Lee Bailey comes up with an absurdly delicious, ridiculously easy menu, starring the nuttiest fried chicken you've ever tasted. (Great Food).(Brief Article)(Recipe)
April 1, 2002... STYLE GURU LEE BAILEY COOKS DINNER WITH a great big wallop of flavor. This make-ahead menu is bursting with the bright, fresh essence of spring: Sauteed baby carrots add a sweet note of color and crunch; tart Dijon mustard paired with creamy...

Literary round trips: Newscaster Gwen Ifill savors the shock of the old, the new, the strange, the funny. (Books That Made a Difference).(six books)
April 1, 2002... I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MY MIND A blank--I try to Sit Still but the thoughts about work and home, deadlines and dinner plans, tumble back in. I've found that reading allows me to turn off what's happening in my life. When I pick up a book,...

A pregnant pause: Lots of high-achieving women who want children don't have them. Sylvia Ann Hewlett asks why. (Reading Room).('Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children')
April 1, 2002... SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT'S latest book, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children (Talk Miramax) begins with the startling statement that "at mid-life, between a third and a half of all high-achieving women in America do not have...

The best Revenge: In an urgent, candid memoir, an obsessed journalist goes after the terrorist who shot her father. (Reading Room).('Revenge: A Story of Hope')
April 1, 2002... SOME PEOPLE YOU JUST don't mess with. When a Palestinian militant took a shot at Laura Blumenfeld's father, a prominent New York rabbi, in Jerusalem in 1986, the bullet only grazed his skull. But Laura, then a student at Harvard, was outraged....

Dangerous liaison: Novelist Sarah Stone tells the story of an American woman's risky, splintering love in The True Sources of the Nile. (Reading Room).('The True Sources of the Nile')
April 1, 2002... It is often assumed among the readers of novels that "political" or "global" kinds of stories are written by men, for men, and "domestic" or "relationship" stories are written by women, for women. This has never been entirely true, and now a...

Life on the wire: Antonya Nelson's seductive stories follow women and men in and out of freedom and commitment. (Reading Room).('Female Trouble')
April 1, 2002... ANTONYA NELSON'S FICTION reminds you of what it's like to encounter a gifted story-teller who has a story to tell, who knows precisely how to tell it, and who understands what makes a narrative seem natural, simple--and as complex as life...

BibilO: From our shelf to yours. (Reading Room).(four books)
April 1, 2002... * My Forbidden Face (Talk Miramax), by the 22-year-old pseudonymous Latifa, takes us inside the nightmare that was life in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in 1996. Latifa and her mother, a physician who was forbidden to practice,...

"I have come to collect you": Was this mercurial charmer really going to spirit her back to Africa? In an excerpt from her new book, Maya Angelou recalls the drop-dead gorgeous lover who didn't know whom he was dealing with. (Excerpt).(Excerpt)
April 1, 2002... IN 1965 MAYA ANGELOU RETURNED to the United States from Ghana, where she had been living for four years. She intended to work with civil rights leader Malcolm X in New York City, but first she flew to California to see her family Within days of...

Oprah talks to the Central Park jogger. (An O Exclusive).
April 1, 2002... Thirteen years ago this month, a young woman was left for dead in New York's Central Park by pack of "wilding" boys. Here, for the first time, she breaks her silence, telling us what she remembers (flowers from Frank Sinatra), what she wants...

Ina does Paris.(Ina Garten's culinary visits in Paris)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The simplest,. freshest ingredients. No tricks nothing heavy, just great food as it was meant to be eaten: that day. If Moulin Rouge! took you by storm, you'll love Ina Garten's culinary cancan through the outdoor marches of Paris--and the meal...

Fiesta wear.(Latin-inspired summer styles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Your summer clothes may be cool and simple, but do the dance? Do they make no manee? This year fashion's all fired up about Latin-inspired style--hot color, traces of lace, tiered skirts, sexy blouses, and shawls Splashed with flowers. ...

Reaching for strength.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... STRENGTH. IT'S NOT A COWBOY'S SWAGGER, A COAT OF ARMOR, OR THE PRIDE YOU FELT WHEN YOU DIDN'T BREAK DOWN. REAL STRENGTH QUESTIONS ITSELF, NOW AND AGAIN ASKS FOR HELP, AND ENABLES YOU TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT. THIS MONTH WE QUESTION...

Strong at the broken places: We have to redefine strength. Forget the boy thing of being stoic and impervious. Mark Matousek in discovering, your fragility can become the seeds of a supple, enduring power.
April 1, 2002... ONE LATE SEPTEMBER MORNING LAST YEAR I was walking my dogs around Washington Square when a woman I thought had been dead for years came jogging toward me in spandex and tights. I was stunned to see her -- truly astonished. The last time our...

Light at the end of the struggle. (Portrait of Strength).(1991 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suukyi)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... AUNG SAN SUUKYI The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and democratic leader of Burma has spent more than seven years under house arrest. In an excerpt from an address delivered by her husband, Kyi writes that trying times are the best...

"Suffering can never destroy who you really are": What gave the civil rights leader the strength to carry on with the threat of assassination always looming? Tracy Cochran gets a lesson in faith. (Portraits of Strength).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ON A RAW DAY IN MANHATTAN LAST fall, I was interviewing the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who was setting out a plan for world peach that hinged on dissolving anger. The fine white dust and acrid smoke...

"Evil will always lose"; She risked her life to take care of Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Alison Leslie Gold asks her: How did you find the strength? (Portraits of Strength).(Brief Article)(Interview)
April 1, 2002... MIEP GIES MIEP GIES IS 93. No one else is left alive to share the visceral memory of the dangerous, dark days at 263 Prinsengracht with her. Known worldwide as the heroic woman who helped to hide Anne Frank and rescued her diary, Miep...

The white badge of courage: She thought she understood strength. But the rushing currents had a harder lesson to teach. Pam Houston reports on the rapid epiphanies of a Grand Canyon rafting trip.
April 1, 2002... In 1990, in the days when my life was little more than one adrenaline-seeking adventure after another, I applied for a permit that would allow me to take up to 15 people on an 18-day white-water rafting trip down the Colorado River through the...

Breathing space: Picture yourself paddling Pelican Creek's lazy course through the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, clipping your fingertips into the cool water.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A JEWELRY BOX can be more than a big, boring, velvet-lined job with gold curlicues on top. An exotic alternative: this foot-wide Korean pine chest with hand-painted lining. Heap it with pieces you love. Chest, $150, Jacques Carcanagues. On lid,...

Contain yourself.
April 1, 2002... Where's the best place to keep what's precious to you: a string of pearls, golden rings, your I-was-there ticket stub from that unforgettable concert? In boxes large or small, bright or pale, crafted of everything from colored leather to cork,...

Scents of a woman: Four female perfumers bring high spritz and sass to the male-dominated aroma world.(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... TWO NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS ASIDE (NAMELY COCO AND ESTEE), women have historically had one role in the fragrance industry: customer. "Perfumery is one of the last apprenticed arts, and it has traditionally been passed along from men to men," says...

Girls just want to smell good: Spring's new sheer fragrances will turn your neck into nectar, your scent into sensational. (Practical Matters).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MAYBE IT'S THE ROBINS CHIRPing outside my window or the abundant bunches of daffodils and tulips in every flower shop, but spring makes me feel suddenly spirited and flirtatious. I'm ready to abandon my woolly cowl-necks for printed peasant...

Hot stuff Latin style: Have a senorita moment even if you're not rolling in pesetas. Great clothes at great prices, inspired by "Fiesta Wear".
April 1, 2002... FIESTA CHECKLIST: Cool lime top, tiered white skirt, bright striped mules, and a clutch with a burst of flowers. Cotton tunic, $105, Laundry by Shelli Segal. Cotton skirt, $88, City DKNY. Belt, $42, Express. Straw bag, $248, Cynthia Rowley....

Ina does Paris; Our peerless food guru, Ina Garten, has mastered the art of French cooking with an easy take on bistro classics: blini with smoked salmon, beef bourguignon, a fresh fruit tart. (The Recipes).(Recipe)
April 1, 2002... BLINI WITH SMOKED SALMON Blini: 8 Tbsp. (1 stick) butter 1/3 cup buckwheat flour 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1 extra-large egg 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. milk ...

What I know for sure.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... DURING DIFFICULT TIMES I OFTEN TURN TO a gospel song called "Stand." What do you do when you've done all you can, and it seems like it's never enough? songwriter Donnie McClurkin begins. What do you give when you've given your all, and it seems...