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Timeless

September 18, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

The Little Black Dress. The perfect string of pearls. The chilled champagne in a fluted glass, raised in a toast. When it comes to fashion or style, though we want to know what’s in vogue right now, we designate certain looks and activities as timeless. They’re classics. We may also look to the arts – […]

Filed Under: Culture, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle Tagged With: aging gracefully, community, cultural values, daily plate of crazy, Lifestyle, pop culture, ramble, real women's lives, women over 50, women over 60

Put Your Kids to Work!

August 25, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 19 Comments

Kids? Organizing? Can the two ever mix?

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: family, Lifestyle, organized living, Parenting, parenting teens, real women real life, teaching kids life skills, teaching kids responsibility, the kids are alright

Why I Suck at Dating

March 5, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 35 Comments

Last weekend I ventured out. On Date Night. It was… interesting. An enjoyable dinner. And a strange dénouement. Then I waxed winsomely on the subject of body language and touch, and interpreting non-verbal communication. Not quite one week later, here’s my take: I suck at dating. How to determine your dating prowess Care to know […]

Filed Under: Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Relationships Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, communication style, Côtes du Rhone, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, dining out, fine dining, fine wine, french wine, hot hottie hot, humor, I suck at dating, Lifestyle, men and women, Paris Left Bank, pod people, real life, vintage tawny port, Weird Guy Syndrome, whatever life dishes out, wine

Fine friends, sweet treat, terse verse

February 25, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

I had a lovely surprise yesterday, when Amber at Making the Moments Count gave me cupcakes! And the number 101 figured heavily… I was worried for a minute… Surely I wouldn’t have to list 101 things about myself!?! Or describe spot patterns on 101 Dalmations? Would I have to rummage the bathroom shelves for my […]

Filed Under: Language, Lifestyle, Other Stuff Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, cupcakes, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, Lifestyle, silly verse, sweet friends, sweet treat, terse verse, whatever life dishes out, writing, writing life

Vegetative states, Great cheap dates, Life without mates

February 10, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Vegetative states While it was an article on French Yahoo several days ago that alerted me to this story, CNN Health is now reporting the news that for the first time, a man in a persistent vegetative state (since a car crash in 2003) was able to respond to questions about his life, by thinking […]

Filed Under: Culture, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, CNN health, CNN health news, cozy restaurants, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, date ideas, designer shoes, dinner and movie, elegant lifestyle on a budget, entertaining style, ethnic foods, great cheap dates, health and well-being, health news, healthy eating, Jimmy Choos, Lifestyle, Parenting, parenting teens, picnics on a budget, shopping therapy, Valentine's Day, whatever life dishes out, women's health

I have my own planet. (Can’t I just stay here?)

January 30, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

Women in the baby blur You know that blur that occurs after (most) women have babies? And they don’t have nannies to help, or nearby family stepping in on a regular basis, or maybe they do, but the reality of the days and nights is a growing fuzziness, a stream of sleeplessness and round-the-clock activity? […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Sexual Politics, Travel Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, contemporary life, crazy wolf blog, daily plate of crazy, dailyplate, dailyplateofcrazy, dreams of travel, Lifestyle, Parenting, planet Fred, pop culture, popular culture, real life women, Single Parenting, solo parenting, whatever life dishes out, women and motherhood, women and pop culture, women and sleep, women's health, women's issues, womens ezine crazy life

Clocking time

January 28, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

Are your dreams on hold? Are you floating in a perpetual state of waiting? One more number? One more indistinguishable face in the crowd, chasing through an exhausting schedule that seems like nothing more than clocking time? You’re following the hour hand and the minute hand with your eyes, listening to the slow ticking of […]

Filed Under: Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, childhood dreams, cultural musing, dailyplateofcray, Dreams, family, life choices, Lifestyle, Parenting, parenting schedules, passion, pop culture, pursuing your passions, self awareness, Single Parenting, waiting, what are you waiting for, whatever life dishes out, women's issues, work life balance, working moms

Quick merci for my girly writer award!

December 1, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

This is a very quick merci to a Femme d’un certain âge for her most generous (and fun) blog award, presented to me yesterday. My first! So cool! Tish Jett – I’m honored. And you know already j’adore reading your wicked and stylish writing on life in France and being chic at any age. For […]

Filed Under: Language, Lifestyle, Other Stuff Tagged With: afemmeduncertainage, biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, femme d'un certain age, Lifestyle, writing

Chivalry: Here today, gone tomorrow, ALWAYS in fashion

September 23, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Is chivalry dead? Recently resurrected? Thriving in certain demographics and knocked off again in others? Will it rise once more in the fine muddle of commotion and controversy over opening doors, pulling out chairs, and picking up the tab on dates? Chivalry is about courtesy and generosity. I say YES to chivalry on my planet […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Sex, Sexual Politics, The Manly Mantra Tagged With: chivalry, daily plate of crazy, dating, dating after divorce, divorced dating, Fashion & Style, fun, gender confusion, Lifestyle, manners, men and women compromising, Relationships, Sex, Sexual Politics

No power. No wi-fi. NO FUN!

September 21, 2009 by D. A. Wolf Leave a Comment

Terrible storms throughout the night. The dog, circling and scratching. Then, the sound of an explosion, 4 or 5 a.m. Either a tree went through the roof (it happens in our neighborhood), or – more likely – the transformer two houses away blew. My alarm is on AAs; it went off at the usual time. […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, coffee, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, inconvenience, just life, Lifestyle, money worries, morning writing, Parenting, parenting teens, power outage, Single Parenting, whatever life dishes out, women's roles

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