Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Business, Culture, Parenting, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession on Feb 5th, 2010
It’s Friday. Where’s my paycheck?
I am a divorced, full-time parent, who also seeks work and has been doing so for more than a year, since the most recent layoffs – two, nearly simultaneously. I was working a corporate full-time contractor job (marketing writing) and a freelance journalism job. I managed both around parenting my boys. [...]
Posted in Dreams, Love, Morning Musing, Parenting on Jan 23rd, 2010
“I want to get married,” he says.
The words are fired off into the air and seem to settle there, stark and defiant, as though some invisible structure of wires and pulleys holds the phrase in place so I cannot turn away. Then each letter tumbles down through the air, disintegrating.
These are special effects. Perhaps I [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Love, Morning Musing, Sex on Jan 20th, 2010
Are you part of a non-traditional couple? Committed or married, but not actually living in the same residence as your partner?
I’m reminded of an early episode of Sex and the City, in which Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie asks her love interest, Mr. Big, what his ideal living arrangement is. “This,” he says, lying next to [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Jan 14th, 2010
So what is it with these women? We know they aren’t “real” real housewives, and we know reality TV edits heavily to give us a provocative view. It’s voyeurism + gossip, with a dash of envy and a dollop of disbelief. Most of us are weary of real impacts to our much “smaller” lives in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Love, Morning Musing, Relationships, Sex, Sexual Politics on Jan 12th, 2010
Why must we marry?
Scandalous little question, isn’t it? Flies in the face of convention! After all, we’re past the 60s and early 70s. We’ve tossed away our peace symbols and sitar music; am I proposing free love? Romantic anarchy?
Hardly. But yesterday’s discussion of Mr. Right and Mr. Good Enough sparked more than a little conversation [...]
Posted in Language, Morning Musing, Relationships, Sex on Jan 11th, 2010
I usually make a morning stop by Dads House Blog as I begin my day. There’s always an entertaining read – the perspective of a single dad who talks about parenting and sex, cocktails and sex, internet dating and sex… well, you get the picture. But this single dad is also keenly aware (and opinionated) [...]
Posted in Love, Morning Musing, Relationships, Sex on Jan 8th, 2010
Timing is everything
You miss the commuter train by 5 minutes. There’s another 30 minutes later, but now you’re hurrying and anxious; you have a first date this evening. You leave the station, heading for home, take a turn too quickly, and blow your tire on a curb. You never make it to the date, and [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Love, Morning Musing, Parenting, Relationships on Dec 30th, 2009
How will you welcome 2010?
Are you thinking of your New Year’s celebration, and getting ready to party hard? Or are you contemplating the past decade, assessing the ups and downs of ten tumultuous years on the world stage?
What about your own 10 years in review?
As you prepare to greet the change in decade with [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Dec 16th, 2009
I’m feeling war weary, though I won a battle recently – and to me it was gargantuan. Yep. Moving my site! It was also symbolic, because if I could win one battle, maybe I could win one more. And I have many battles ahead.
Battle fatigue and holiday headaches
I’m certainly not alone in having battles [...]
Posted in Love, Morning Musing, Parenting, Politics, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Dec 15th, 2009
Ever moved as a child? As an adult? There’s usually a mix of emotions when you leave one home for another – worry, excitement – and of course, all that packing, cleaning up, then settling in. Well, here we are – a new home for my Daily Plate of Crazy! This particular transition got me [...]
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