singles
July 27, 2009
- I had never seen a kayak fisherman. At first, approaching the beached, bright yellow plastic boat with all its rigging, and the blond fisherman himself in his hefty gaiters, with an official-looking document swinging like a press pass around his neck, I thought I'd stumbled across a researcher. But no, Steve, as he introduced himself, worked construction, and had just come in from fishing on his ...
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February 6, 2009
- I have a new short story up on SoMa Literary Review. It's about mission impossible in San Francisco's Marina neighborhood.For ages 18+ only. Read the Story
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January 10, 2009
- Just wanted to mention that I write the "Living Single" blog for Psychology Today. You can find my posts at:http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-singleEnjoy!--Bella
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August 25, 2008
- As the book editor (among my many other titles) at the Marin Independent Journal, I've had a lot of anthologies that come across my desk that look at life as (pick one or all):1. a 20-something2. a 30-something3. a single person4. a "bad girl"5. the "other" woman 6. a bitch in the house 7. a mother8. a single mother and so on. Some have been good, some have been great, some ...
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June 24, 2008
- It was late when my cell phone rang, shaking me from the stupor that even my book, “Bonk: The Curious Couple of Science and Sex,” crashing onto the floor for the fifth time couldn’t do. It was Sara. “You asleep?” “Well, I’m not exactly sure but I’ve read the same paragraph four times now — more, actually, if you count last night. What’s up?” ...
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June 11, 2008
- When a few of my friends got together recently — some in struggling marriages — we started talking about the good things that have happened to us because of our divorces. Overall, a lot of good had come from them, so I was originally going to blog about that, but the concept of "freedom" kept coming up.I have often said that, too: that I love my new-found freedom. But freedom from ...
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May 30, 2008
- "You really look lovely tonight, Kat." "And you, Nate," I teased, "you really do need to get that Lasik surgery you've been hinting at." We were at Fish, sharing a platter of fish and chips — well, playfully fighting over the chips — and digging on each other's slightly irreverent humor. Actually, it was more than just humor we ...
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May 29, 2008
- I'm doing the online dating thing. There. Full confession (or will be...If I find I have the nerve). As an informal student of the human spirit and the different ticking of the man/woman psyche, I had been intrigued by this popular phenomena -- but from a distance. Then my friend K., noting that we were both floundering, financially and emotionally (very unusual for me, since I am usually Ms. ...
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May 20, 2008
- “Are you sure there’s crab in this?” Anna asked a waiter passing by as she, her friend Neal and I sat before a shared plate of crab cakes at a local eatery one Sunday. “It’s impossible to find any,” she said. “Yeah, kinda like trying to find a smart, attractive, grounded man in Marin,” I observed with a hint of snark. Anna chortled, nearly choking on her appletini. “Are you ...
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February 9, 2008
- Valentine’s Day is coming up. This is a time when I am especially proud of Singled Out. It is not sappy, not conventional, and it is just the right book for you and your enlightened single friends – or your coupled friends, for that matter. Here’s an excerpt about Valentine’s Day from Singled Out, plus some musings on why it is not single people who are having a hard time this ...
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