Parenting after divorce. So many questions.
Whose Opinion Counts?
All opinions are NOT created equal.
Honor Among Thieves
He didn’t ask for anything in writing, though I anticipated he might. We’d had a running disagreement over a tree, the need for it to come down, the fact that it sat just over the line on my property but was threatening his. Then there was the financial issue – the real crux of the […]
The Plague
From The Plague, by Albert Camus: I see no need to dwell on the manner of loving in our town. The men and women consume each other rapidly in what is called ‘the act of love’, or else settle down to a mild habit of conjugality… for lack of time and thinking, people have to […]
Missing the Marital Mark
Success, failure, and musing on marriage.
Gone Fishing
Once, I was forced to put a wiggly worm onto a pointy hook and lower the line into a body of water. I didn’t much care for that activity, though sitting on the side of a river bank (or European canal) is very restful, indeed. Might I try it, without the rod and reel? Once, […]
It’s Raining Men (Older Men)
More men? More older men? Apparently the traditional age gap is closing. Men are living longer. Isn’t this good news for all of us? All the business of caring for an aging population aside – health care, insurance, pharmaceuticals, retirement communities, financial planning – what could this mean for American society? For our beleaguered employment […]
Do You Actually LIKE The Opposite Sex?
We know we are different. How do we like those differences?
Rabbit’s Foot
Thoughts on lucky charms and their powers to reassure.
Who Inspires You?
Perhaps I’m feeling inspired. Or uninspired. I’m not entirely sure why this question popped into my head the other evening, but it did, and I put the query out in a few places hoping to expand my own set of voices to stir, to excite, to inspire. I ask myself who inspires me and run […]