Life worked out, just not the way I thought it would

May 20, 2024
It worked out, but not like I thought it would. Oh my gosh, is that true or what? We can make all the plans we like, but two roads are always going to diverge in a yellow wood. Or more. And the wood may not be yellow. It might be brown. Or green. There's no guarantee that whatever path...

Is there such thing as “the love of my life”?

February 14, 2024
This is a good day to consider the question: Is there just one right mate for each of us? The person we call "the love of my life"? Or is it just a fairy tale...a...

Two things at once & I don’t mean shots

February 9, 2024
Most of us have seen Travis Kelce of my beloved Kansas City Chiefs in his "two-things-at-once" ad. I was reminded of it the other day when I posted a query about the...

Why are some people tone deaf?

February 7, 2024
Some people just don't get it. Seriously. They're what's called tone deaf, which means largely insensitive to something. Usually someone else's feelings. It's...

Back in time with a 1967 Trans Am

February 4, 2024
Just seeing one of these (now) ancient Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams immediately transports me to the late 60s and the teen scene. Seems like all the hot boys had these...

Big Sur: my own Blue Heaven

February 2, 2024
It's funny how inspiration appears out of nowhere. I once wrote a narrative poem called Blue Heaven while sitting at Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur. Big Sur has...

Un-reality check as a sleep inducer

January 30, 2024
I don't take sleeping pills. So when I can't sleep, I try to find something mindless to send me off to Dreamland and it's usually the women on un-reality show, The...

The slam book of today

January 25, 2024
Remember the slam book? I think of it every time i see someone post this on Facebook: Post this on your timeline and invite people to tell you what they like...

Is reciprocity necessary in relationships?

January 23, 2024
Reciprocity in relationships first came up for me many decades ago. It was then that I realized how every relationship requires balance of some kind. Not all the...

Wait…. Have I become a sports fan?

January 18, 2024
We Boomer women were raised at a time when girls rarely played sports. Oh, maybe field hockey in gym class. But we didn't play any equivalent of Little League. It...

What would you say to your younger self?

January 16, 2024
What if you could talk to your younger self? What would you tell her? I was thinking about that, myself, this morning, and here's what I came up with: Life is an...

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