Of tin boxes, signs, and interpreting dreams.
Archives for 2012
Door to Door, Selling God
Selling Girl Scout cookies? No problem, but… a higher power?
Kids, College, and the Value of Education
Is college a lousy investment for our kids?
Collision Course: Live to Work, Work to Live
Your priorities when it comes to the work-life juggle? A collision of conflicts?
Recipe for Poisson Chat (Catfish) “Sauvage”
A wild cat? A wild catfish? Another in the series of “Sauvage” recipes? Eh oui, as there was no bubble bath yesterday, there was no magical apparition of a masseuse to soothe the throbbing Writer’s-Back-and-Neck, and there was no time taken to unwind over the glossy pages of Elle. But there was wine over whining, […]
Weekend Spa Delights?
Are you in need of weekend relaxation at home? A touch of the spa? I know I am, but spa, chez moi. And sadly, there is no masseuse on staff. (No staff at all!) So I’m pondering a Do-It-Yourself approach with whatever options I may have available. For example, there is Plan A, the luxurious […]
Reckoning With Stress and Mess (My Therapy Is Rhyme)
There’s nothing like the end of week to give yourself a fright. Aghast, the mirror whispers: You really are a sight. It’s Friday and you’re thankful. You find you’re taking stock. Would that you could slow the minutes… maybe stop the clock. You’re feeling oh-so ragged. You wonder why that is. You think about your […]
Mailing to a Dead Woman
A strange mailing. A mystery.
Recovering
Recovery. It’s a term we use when we set out to retrieve something gone missing, hoping to find it. It’s a term we employ following loss or illness, hoping to regain ourselves, battling back – or through – physical and emotional turmoil. We speak of recovery when talking about relationships – the process of […]
Next Logical Steps
Must all dating lead to marriage? Expectations that post-divorce dating leads to remarriage.