single life
November 11, 2009
- Re-entering the dating world after many years of coupledom is, well, odd. When you first meet someone, you can feel the mental tape measures being whipped out. You're always wondering how you are measuring up. Simultaneously, you are measuring up the other person. It's like a garment workers' convention.When I was married, meeting new people was less complicated. There was no ...
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October 30, 2009
- Lucinda Watson’s BlogArchive for October, 2009weekend blues…October 30, 2009 at 10:41 pm · Filed under independence, single life ·Tagged single life: weekend activity! · Edit So it’s friday and the weekend is upon us once again. Here’s my truth about weekends if you are single. They are basically not my favorite two days of the week. On weekdays I get up, go to work, exercise, eat ...
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October 4, 2009
- On finding oneself living alone When Greta Garbo said, “I vant to be alone!” she probably meant it but, because she was a glamorous movie star and a fascinating woman, no one believed it was possible for her to live without an equally glamorous companion. Photographers constantly tried to capture her on rare ...
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August 5, 2009
- Sandy breeds and raises Golden Retrievers in Grand Junction, Colorado. I met her at the small airport there, while we were both sitting at the gate waiting for a flight. While sorting through her wallet next to me she happened to pull out one of her business cards, and as soon as I saw the embossed dog-in-profile on one side, it was all the opening I needed."You run dogs, too?" I asked, ...
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July 25, 2009
- I stood outside the Otter Project in downtown Monterey, California, disappointed. The glass door to the office was locked, and as I peered in no one seemed to be moving around inside. I'd gone out walking the dog and had hoped to find someone to tell me how California's sea otters were doing these days. I was about to pull the leash away when a young woman with sandy, bobbed hair took shape on ...
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March 11, 2009
- The Texter There I am working a promo at a dive bar in Santa Monica and I am truly not trying to get any pull for the night. My mind is a million and one places and I could careless about finding a decent guy. Tonight it is all about the paycheck. Then this gorgeous (and by gorgeous I mean my taste and standards. He’s eccentric and full of personality) guy walks ...
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August 8, 2008
- (I'm on a thematic roll, and I've hit the incline, the theme just about over. But here is one last list.)I always thought I was an independent woman, even though I was married for so many years, half of a whole, part of a sum. Nonetheless, I was my own woman. I’d borne and raised children, had a tenured teaching job at a community college, trained and studied to write and did so. I was ...
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