I stepped out of the bathroom, all shiny and clean, a hint of make-up, my hair perfectly coiffed. I was all set for my big appointment of the day. “You showered? You washed your hair?” commented my husband with a quizzical look. “Odd.” “Well, it’s the first time,” I explained, somewhat annoyed I felt the
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A famous psychological study developed 36 questions to fast-track intimacy and connection. Ha! That’s easy. A glass of cheap merlot and low lighting can do that for most people. But lasting love? Well, that requires a whole different set of questions. And to help with that, from the vantage point of a middle-aged many-years married,
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For the record: I’m no coffee connoisseur. I drink lattes because they satisfy my two chief criteria for coffee – lots of milk and lots of room for sugar. But recently, I met the barista of my dreams. Now I’m caffeinated and infatuated. The day I met my new love, I was in that early
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There’s surfing danger ahead! Not in the water, but online. Take a quick look at an ad for an anti-aging skin cream, and that product will haunt you on the Internet until you die and decompose. Blink your eye and consider a brief fling with glitter eyeliner, as I did earlier this summer, and you
There comes a time in every girl’s life when she puts away her dolls and moves on to grown-up pleasures. For most girls, that comes with puberty. For me, it took a few more years. OK. It took an extra half-century. Yes, for 50+ years, I’ve kept a massive black steamer trunk full of dolls,
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I stepped out of the bathroom, all shiny and clean, a hint of make-up, my hair perfectly coiffed. I was all set for my big appointment of the day. “You showered? You washed your hair?” commented my husband with a quizzical look. “Odd.” “Well, it’s the first time,” I explained, somewhat annoyed I felt the
Summertime and the Living is Exhausting
I'm Binged Out.
It’s summertime, and I’m exhausted. I cannot keep up the pace. Summer used to be about relaxing and taking a break from usual routines. Summer used to be about vacations and long, lazy days at the beach. Summer used to be about suntans and sunburns. Over-chlorinated swimming pools and bring-tears-to your-eyes salty water ocean waves.
Nine Questions for Lasting Love
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A famous psychological study developed 36 questions to fast-track intimacy and connection. Ha! That’s easy. A glass of cheap merlot and low lighting can do that for most people. But lasting love? Well, that requires a whole different set of questions. And to help with that, from the vantage point of a middle-aged many-years married,
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For the record: I’m no coffee connoisseur. I drink lattes because they satisfy my two chief criteria for coffee – lots of milk and lots of room for sugar. But recently, I met the barista of my dreams. Now I’m caffeinated and infatuated. The day I met my new love, I was in that early
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There’s surfing danger ahead! Not in the water, but online. Take a quick look at an ad for an anti-aging skin cream, and that product will haunt you on the Internet until you die and decompose. Blink your eye and consider a brief fling with glitter eyeliner, as I did earlier this summer, and you
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There comes a time in every girl’s life when she puts away her dolls and moves on to grown-up pleasures. For most girls, that comes with puberty. For me, it took a few more years. OK. It took an extra half-century. Yes, for 50+ years, I’ve kept a massive black steamer trunk full of dolls,