When marriage becomes a battlefield, how long do we put up the good fight?
Factoids
Fact versus fiction, and… where is truth in the mix?
Listing
When lists turn from tools into torture devices…
Once in a Blue Moon
I remember watching Moonstruck many years ago, with its stunning, jaw-dropping moon that hung like a brilliant disk in the night sky. It was the perfect touch in a quirky film populated by eccentric characters, as they pieced together their unusual love lives. But once in a blue moon (if we’re lucky), the stars seem […]
DON’T Call Me Dear!
Some things are just WRONG. Calling me “Dear” is one of them!
Heralded Historian Talks Guillotine and Bastille Day
14 July 2012, Just In. Reports are coming in of an unplanned encounter between vacationing journalist, Lola La Chaussure, and heralded historian, Docteur Louis LeBrun of La Sorbonne. The impromptu meeting allegedly took place just hours ago in the Café de Paris on Las Olas Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wherein the two struck up […]
Apologies
You step on someone’s foot in line. It’s automatic. You say “sorry.” You apologize. You reach for the same chicken leg on the platter as your sister at exactly the same time. You laugh, and say “sorry!” You apologize. But whether it comes to everyday apologies over minutiae or major issues that arise from harsh […]
Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Make hay while the sun shines. The words pop into my head and I have no idea why, unless it’s the light peeking through the drapes, the deep breath I draw when I know it’s Saturday, and while there are tasks – there are always tasks – I can slow down, just a little, when […]
Cher Jean-Marc
Letter to Jean-Marc (Number 2). March 1988
The Makeover Mentality
Is the makeover as superficial as it seems? Why women and not men?