Relationships
September 18, 2009
- I'm posting this book review on an historical novel by C.W. Gortner because I think The Last Queen is a great read and highlights the difficulties women have had throughout history attempting to be taken seriously whether they are royalty or not. Gortner will be honored this October 15th at an event for National Reading Group Month by Women's National Book Association, San Francisco ...
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September 18, 2009
- I have this box of little magnets in various shapes. You join them to sculpt images of your choice. It is said to relieve stress. I have never tried it. I know that building something out of tiny pieces of iron that get attracted to each other will be precarious. I will have to destroy them again to deal with another stress.Then there are those magnets that you stick on refrigerators. I pick them ...
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September 14, 2009
- Bad timing. The story of my life. After blogging about my most recent incident the confirmed the appropriateness of Bad Timing as my memoir title, another writer asked what happened next . . . .did I resume my conversation with the relatively attractive, age appropriate gentlemen who used to have a home on the Deer Valley ski slope and access to the most fabulous clothes ever? The ...
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September 11, 2009
- There are certain, obvious things Michael and I first connected with. No, we aren't talking about those deeper, more intensely felt beliefs and ways of being that help two people relate to each other. I'm really talking about working out and food (trust me, the two go well together, as one can work out and then eat. It's a good system).I had spent a lifetime of cooking for a family with ...
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September 10, 2009
- When someone at a foo-foo receptionCuts open my first durian, Far East paradiseFruit, I nearly refuse. I catch a whiffOf brimstone, soiled socks, warehouse #2At Olin Chemical. I smell a girl I didn’t meetIn Saigon, but a bar in Lynn, her accentAll Boston, Irish with a trace of German,Exotic because she was just a stock clerkWith a foul mouth and no future, someone ...
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September 3, 2009
- Simply do this: 1. Write a short, true story of 600-1500 words in answer to my trademark question: "If you could tell just one small story that would capture your Mother's character and keep her spirit alive, what would it be?" In other words, the story I am encouraging you to write embraces a special kind of memoir that takes a look at the heart and soul of an important woman in ...
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September 2, 2009
- Most books on creativity describe the creative process as a solitary and isolated endeavor. Creativity is something we do alone. It requires total engagement in the process. The creative state is one that is similar to a meditative trance, in that the artist becomes unaware of his or her surroundings and is free of external judgment and self-evaluation. This space has been called by such names as ...
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August 31, 2009
- I wish I could say this man Laying beside me Inspired me to do more Than have sex with him I look over to watch him sleep And realize I have no clue What he does for a living Yet we’ve been friends for years Quietly I climb out of bed And pick up my clothes Along the path from bedroom To kitchen To living room Putting them back on As I go I tiptoe back to the bedroom Lean over and kiss ...
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August 27, 2009
- Most of my male friends are divorced, and in every case, the divorce left them much poorer than before. They moved from large upscale homes with pools and spas to one-bedroom apartments. Their late-model BMWs transmogrified into old Toyota Corollas. They worked longer hours or took second jobs in order to make alimony and/or child support payments. They were lucky if they saw their ...
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August 27, 2009
- Rumor has it that construction projects can lead an entire family down the road to ruin. Couples fight about the mess, the money, the aggravation. Cramped and packed into small portions of the house while the kitchen is being demolished, the family scrabbles around the makeshift hotplate and coffee maker area, grabbing the food that doesn't have to be refrigerated. Meanwhile, at the bank, ...
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