I still have nightmares about being unprepared for school tests. Would dream analysts interpret that as meaning I don’t feel in control of my life or that I have a fear of failure? Maybe I just need to be better prepared for blood tests and eye tests.
I went to an all girls’ school - white […]
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” When my mirror giggled, I made an appointment for a makeover at the “New You”, a very chic beauty salon.
Did I want a manicure or a massage? How about a new hair style? I wanted the works. In by nine, out by five […]
Cruise is a relaxing word. You imagine deck chairs, ocean breezes - and no responsibilities. The word lets your thoughts drift at sea - unless you’re my husband.
John feels confined on ships, he feels confined in the tuxedo he’s expected to wear to formal dinners on board and he can’t be conned into feeling […]
What is it about babies that makes us want to touch a woman’s pregnant belly? What makes us want to nibble babies’ toes?
Babies are human magnets. Their innocence and vulnerability draw us to them. Of course, when they aren’t ours, we feel innocent when they scream and we don’t feel vulnerable when they […]
There’s a difference between being stressed and being in a hurry. I’m a hurrier and I come from a long line of them.
My grandmother told a story about the Devil asking three of his associates how he could get more people to go to Hell. The first associate suggested telling them there’s no Heaven. […]
A friend sent me a postcard from France. The rolling hills of Provence, lush vineyards and charming chateaus - yes, I remember it well.
When my husband and I went to France, I packed so much he accused me of trying to smuggle things into the country for a garage […]
If clothes make the man, dressing for success is done one pant leg at a time. A scientist needs a white lab coat. Both male and female executives need to be well coiffed in tailored suits, but the female executive has a chip on her shoulder from hitting her head on the glass ceiling. Politicians, […]
When I read package labels in the supermarket, am I the only one who thinks I’m reading about “hellth” food? A food manufacturer makes his products low fat. That sounds healthy, right? Wrong. The products have so much sugar I could serve them for dessert.
I recently read that the average American eats two and a […]
There’s no way to keep sand out of the house when you live by the beach, but the beach is why we moved here. I tell my family a little sand underfoot is homey. In the summer the beach is a magnet. People come for a day in the sun and by the end of […]
I don’t understand people who think they’re too old for birthdays. Don’t they know there’s lots of people who’d love to be their age? Don’t they read the obituaries?
I tried to share my feelings about birthdays with my husband. Of course, any discussion about feelings with a man is a short discussion, but I told […]
