Dear 2010, and the nine years that follow: I am bracing myself. I step over the threshold to meet you with awareness of my own fragility, shadows hovering, and a crystal ball that seems to be on the fritz. My machinery is in disrepair and I am past due for a talented handy man. I […]
Archives for 2009
Scoring the Decade: Your 10 Years in Review…
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 ten years in review? As you prepare to greet the change in […]
What If…
Asking “what if” is only natural. But dwelling in hypotheticals achieves little.
Naughty nibbles. Sugar, cookie?
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 […]
Sex vs Lovemaking – Why Are We So Confused?
Great sex, great love, and everything in between.
The morning after
Alka-Selzer time? Did you eat too much? Drink too much? Indulge in a little seasonal gluttony? Ah, the phenomenon of the morning after – best survived by the young; nonetheless an experience familiar to those who should know better. The morning after Some of us remember our partying days (and nights) in college, or possibly […]
Faith, or Everything But the Kitchen Sink
“Everything but the kitchen sink,” I say, when asked what I write about. I get a blank look, so I elaborate. “Essays on everything – whatever life dishes out, what I think of it, questions I pose myself, oddities to make me laugh or to make you laugh. Subjects like parenting, love, sex, reality TV, […]
La foi, le rêve, et tout le reste
La foi, le rêve, et tout le reste J’ai rêvé, j’ai rêvé de la foi, de la foi au-delà du dogme, de la foi dans le sens de l’espoir qui s’installe au fond de chaque individu ; de la foi dans le sens où toute religion n’insiste pas sur un seul chemin ; de la […]
‘Twas the day before Christmas
‘Twas the day before Christmas ‘Twas the day before Christmas and all cross the net not a blogger was stirring, (my page rank, upset) – My thoughts started wandering; where are the readers? (I’m staring at cardinals alighting at feeders… ) Proud in his red coat I think of dear Santa – (Wishing for eggnog, […]
Are you wasting your time?
If work or study is unpaid, do we consider it a waste of time?