Love letter never mailed. Jean-Marc (Number 1). February 1988
Words Fail
Flan and Flash Fiction.
Are We Raising Romantic Sons?
How do we model “romance” for our sons?
Kiss Me
Every type of kiss under the sun? What fun!
Old Love Letters: Treasure Them or Toss Them?
Old love letters may threaten current partners. Now what?
Four Days and an Electric Train
Meal time and clean up had yielded to quiet time; company had headed home and my boys were off into the night to visit friends nearby. I settled in with 1949’s Holiday Affair, a simplistic romance between a war widow (Janet Leigh) and a sales clerk (Robert Mitchum). Sparks fly between these two over an […]
Role Models for Parenting?
Lisa Belkin, well-known columnist on motherhood and work-life balance, poses a provocative question relative to positive parenting examples in her Huffington Post article, “Are There Any Good Parents on the Screen.” As she lists show after show (with their poor maternal models), I realize that most of her mentions – I haven’t seen. As I […]
The Indefinite Engagement
“What do you think?” She holds her hand out to me, each of her long fingers extended, and the fourth lifted upward, slightly. She is in her late twenties, possibly thirty. Her gray eyes sparkle and she possesses a quality that is refreshing and understated in comparison to her co-workers. She is certainly a pleasant […]
Feisty, Flirty, and Fifty (Something)
Attitude is everything? Not really. But it helps.
Trade-Offs
Post-divorce single parent: work or shirk… date and mate… Ah, trade-offs.