Fear of flying – not
I once convinced a tree service owner to belt me into a harness and haul me up some 80 feet into the air, so I might see what it was like. It is something I had always wanted to experience. Other than a bit of stress to the feminine regions due [...]
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Sugar, cookie?
Nope. Not a recipe. Nope, not a rhyme. Nope, I haven’t hit the egg nog, sumptuously spiked with more than fresh nutmeg. But this morning, all I could think of was sugar cookies. Scads of them, lightly flavored with lemon, or orange, or almond. Covered with sparkles. Strategically. Because these aren’t just any sugar [...]
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Did you get lucky this week?
Or should I say, did you score? Did you hook up? Or are you more comfortable if I ask if you made love?
Whatever you call it, great sex is great sex, right? Not exactly? Then do our distinctions in terminology serve us, or complicate matters?
When it comes to sex and [...]
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Are you a hottie? Come on. Admit it. You’ve got to have at least one feature (or move) that you know drives your lover or spouse wild.
Hot, hottie, hot!
I happened to turn on Bravo TV’s Chef Academy while doing the dishes one night last week. OH MY HOT FLASHES. What a hottie that [...]
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Boys don’t make passes at girls who were glasses. Or do they?
Well men sure do!
Sexual attraction is inexplicable, elusive, magical, and for some, it’s embarrassing to talk about. Difficult to put into words what attracts you – what you’d like more of.
But not to worry! Here’s your chance, and it’s just you and me. [...]
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“We appear to be seeing a new rash of cases,” said CDC spokesperson Ima Ditz. “Rhymatoid ArtWriteUs is breaking out up and down the East Coast of the U.S., with suspected incidents popping up as far north as Portland, Maine and as far south as the Florida Keys. There is currently no vaccine available and [...]
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Intestinal fortitude. A great hat. A mother’s happiness. Friday was a good day.
The back story
Oh, the dilemma of working from home! How we weary of wrestling with isolation; writers in particular need an occasional dose of living beings – especially since that’s generally what we write about. And if you’re single (and your teens [...]
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Sublime. That is the only way I can describe yesterday. Life’s delicious (and simple) surprises, sweeping away the worries for an hour here, an hour there. It’s all about a mother. And a magic hat.
I was tapping out the tale just an hour ago, while sipping my favorite (extra bold) Italian roast. But cruel [...]
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Call me crazy, but every time I see a man in high heels – not lifts, mind you – high heels – ladies high heels – I just want to gag. Do you hear me Real Housewives of Atlanta?
I’m not talking cross-dressing, drag queens, or trannies in pumps. To them, I say go for it, [...]
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BAM! ZAP! THWAK! Holy holidays, Batman! I flipped on the boob tube Halloween afternoon and what flashed across the screen? Christmas commercials – already!?!
I’m all for boosting GNP, but do I have to fight the holiday blues this soon? For many of us, this premature, picture-perfect presentation of hyped-up-happy times is either irritating as hell, [...]
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