Parenting
My Marriage Can Drink
My husband and I recently celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary. This means our marriage is now old enough to drink. That’s good. It needs a drink. On the one hand,…
Book Review — What I Like About You
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of all the nasty in this world. Everyone seems so focused on what they don’t like and what is wrong with…
And so on and so on
Back in the 1970s there was a commercial for Faberge Organic Shampoo[1] that had some All-American looking blonde girl telling two friends about how awesome her shampoo was, and they…
Reptiles
The only explanation that makes sense is that somewhere around the age of 70 we go from being mammals to being reptiles and that is why my parents keep their…
Women on Writing Tour — The Disharmony of Silence
I’m a proud stop today on Linda Rosen’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF The Disharmony of Silence. It’s Women’s History month after all — shouldn’t we be supporting female…
Book Review — Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist’s Life, by Dr. Daniela V. Gitlin is a biographical story of a psychological practice. If you’ve ever wondered what the shrink is thinking while you…
I Hate Cigarettes
When my mother turned 62 years old, in honor of her first Social Security check she threw herself a toga party. She did not invite my sister or I because,…
Dried-Up Old Hag
What my gynecologist actually said was, “Given that you’ll be 50 this summer, the odds of you getting pregnant without reproductive assistance are pretty slim. So we may want to…
Book Review — The Ride
J. Harold Melton’s “The Ride” is a very masculine novel. What do I mean by that? It smells like aftershave and bourbon and axle grease, with maybe an overtone of…
Buying Smarts
If you can’t come by them naturally, think about buying smarts. I’ve mentioned before that I don’t travel well, and this latest trip proves me right. My son and I…
