Welome Back, Period!
I recently stopped taking birth control after six years. I had started it only to control cramps because the pain of menstruation had gotten so bad, I was calling in sick. On birth control, I still got periods every month, but they became pain-free and asymptomatic. I...
Free the Nipple
Listen to My Virtual CD of Original Songs
This is just a reminder that if you scroll to the bottom of this blog homepage you'll find links to my original music. Yes, that's me singing songs I made up out of my own head. If you're on a device that doesn't let you see those links, go to my page on CD Baby.com....
Never Too Much Cake
Birthday evening
I'm getting together with friends this weekend to celebrate my 48th birthday, but I told myself that last night I'd go home and do whatever I wanted on the evening of my actual birthday. What did I end up doing? Opening gifts my sister sent*, reading a book...
Just an Image, But Lovely
A friend sent me this photo as part of a birthday greeting and I'm posting it just because I love it. Pink is my favorite color and cake is my favorite thing...
My 48th Birthday
Today I am 48 years old. I'm also a middle-aged woman with an edgy haircut. OH, yeah. This is edgy. Please note that I'm turning 48 years old on the 24th. It's a mathematical birthday!
Reasons It’s Great to Be 50 Years Old
This Thursday, July 24th will be my 48th birthday. I'm excited about it because I like patterns and 48 is twice 24. I'm also partial to multiples of 12 and have been waiting for this birthday ever since I turned 36. (Anyone familiar with the Chinese Zodiac knows that...
Judgment After Divorce
Even though I'm divorced, I'm Catholic (actually I'm an atheist, but just follow me here), so I know that on the Day of Judgment when we all rise from the dead, there I'll be, standing next to my only groom. In the eyes of God our marital bond will be unbroken, and at...
Never Too Late to Resume a Friendship
I have friends that I mainly connect with through email. Sometimes one of these long distance friends will go a long time in between emails. After I've emailed a few times with no response, I call. Sometimes that doesn't get a response either. I once sent a regular...
Generation X
I've been reading Neil Howe and William Strauss' 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? "Thirteenth Generation" is what Howe and Strauss call what's more commonly known as Generation X. I wish their term had dominated because I've always felt like "Generation X" is a...
Polio is doomed; gun violence isn’t
Now read Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger as he viscerates American lawmakers by comparing them to the people who are eradicating polio from the planet in Why Polio is Doomed and Gun Violence Isn't. Part of Rotary International's campaign to raise awareness of the need...