July 7th, 2012 at 7:26 pm.
 The moment I heard that Nora Ephron had passed I wanted to do a post about it. Her work has inspired me greatly and I love her direct sense of humour. After Casee's wonderful post on Tuesday I wanted to share the following with you all today.
Nora Ephron was a woman of words and the way she used those still has the same profound emotional impact. She never gave out easy answers in her work, rather offering different layers for the viewer or reader to figure out for themselves. She had an unfailingly delicous sense of humour. She showed the world that women can be funny – really funny – without copying the boys or talking about periods. She was director, screenwriter, blogger, essayist, journalist and playwright. She was very clear about her views on women: we can do anything and be anyone we want to be. She was unapologetic about that.
"Maybe young women don't wonder whether they can have it all any longer, but in case any of you are wondering, of course you can have it all." Nora Ephron, 1996 Wellesley commencement speech.
Nora wrote the following lists in 2010 and used it to close her book I Remember Nothing. A wonderful – and as always genuine and honest – list from a remarkable woman.
What I Won't Miss
Dry skin
Bad dinners like the one we went to last night
E-mail
Technology in general
My closet
Washing my hair
Bras
Funerals
Illness everywhere
Polls that show that 32 percent of the American people believe in creationism
Polls
Fox TV
The collapse of the dollar
Bar mitzvahs
Mammograms
Dead flowers
The sound of the vacuum cleaner
Bills
E-mail. I know I already said it, but I want to emphasize it.
Small print
Panels on Women in Film
Taking off makeup every night
What I Will Miss
My kids
Nick
Spring
Fall
Waffles
The concept of waffles
Bacon
A walk in the park
The idea of a walk in the park
The park
Shakespeare in the Park
The bed
Reading in bed
Fireworks
Laughs
The view out the window
Twinkle lights
Butter
Dinner at home just the two of us
Dinner with friends
Dinner with friends in cities where none of us lives
Paris
Next year in Istanbul
Pride and Prejudice
The Christmas tree
Thanksgiving dinner
One for the table
The dogwood
Taking a bath
Coming over the bridge to Manhattan
Pie
