The boring lives of suburban wives

September 9, 2026
If there were a category for "most boring reality show, The Double Lives of Suburban Wives would win, hands down. I don't watch ALL reality programming featuring women. But I have been a fan of the various Bravo "housewives" franchises, which enticed me to watch a few episodes of this show (on...

Recipient insane: meds needed

April 26, 2013
from collage by Laura Kennedy I dreamed that you bewitched me into bedAnd sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.(I think I made you up inside my...

Senior Citizen discounts EVERYWHERE!

April 25, 2013
This is your lucky day! Today's post is a public service citizen for Boomers and those even older. That's right, an entire post listing fabulous senior citizen...

What you put into it

April 24, 2013
Whisk n Ladle, La Jolla, CA Any cook will tell you that you get out of the pot  what you put into it.Drop in fresh, delicious ingredients and your dish will be...

Flowers when you’re dead

April 23, 2013
in a bucket-Union Square SF florist who wants flowers when you're dead? nobody. J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye That's right. Nobody. I don't like those...

Where I’m going and coming back

April 22, 2013
Oh, the many places we've been in our lives!Have you counted? The places where your life played out: your childhood home. The tree on which you and your...

Soft light hold me

April 21, 2013
Acqui Terme / Italy Chant Hold me hard light Soft light hold me Moonlight in your mountains fold me Hold me hard light, soft light hold me ~Leonard...

Gingerdead men & strange stuff. {Very strange stuff.}

April 20, 2013
Have you ever encountered things that are simply...strange? Ok, here's one: Ummm "cute, but strange." Cuts too close to home for me. Don't think I could bite in,...

Holding space where we R authentic + true

April 19, 2013
Stephanie Paige/Holding Space I've loved modern art since the mid-1970s, the day I walked into the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC and saw their incredible...

Life as a spinner game

April 18, 2013
There are times when life reminds me of a game:  take a spin and when the arrow lands, well, move in that direction. I've always lived as though I were...

The secret box of dreams

April 17, 2013
This is a secret box. Ok, a box like this can't be much of a secret, right? Maybe it's not a secret. But it's a place to hide our dreams, the ones we still...

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