It is officially summer! While the weather may not be exactly summer depending on where you live right now and most children are still in school until the end of the month, many of us are planning more outdoor activities including camping, more walks, or visits to the playground. But others may still be looking… Read more »
We’ve all stepped in a puddle of spring rainwater. It’s like a dark and stormy night, and “once upon a time” implies repetition of a series of attendant expectations. An inadvertent puddle splash connotes an oopsie-doodle moment and then, insidiously and almost imperceptibly, water wicks its way up our pantleg inducing uncomfortable sensations as our… Read more »
This past week, I struggled to develop a recipe until I pulled out some tenderloin steaks. I was inspired to create a simple, but still delicious (as long as you eat meat, that is) recipe. The filet mignon is traditionally cut from the smaller end of the beef tenderloin, and in North America it is… Read more »
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Dear Barb: I have a situation and I’m not sure what to do about it. A friend told me she recently met a new guy and is already saying he might be the one. But she has been married twice before and had a few failed relationships, obviously she doesn’t make good choices. Unfortunately, the… Read more »
Doris May Lessing was the oldest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. At age 88 Lessing was the oldest Nobel Laureate and only the eleventh woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in the Swedish Academy’s 106 year history. Doris May Lessing was born in Iran on October 22,… Read more »
“There is no subdivision of desire into homosexuality and heterosexuality”, claimed queer theorist Guy Hocquenghem (49). By this view, gayness does not represent a repressed minority within the hegemonic pantheon of tough men with trucks and despicable “no fat chicks” bumper stickers because, ironically, desire itself is queer. Everything else is, well, just an old… Read more »
I’ve been super busy the last few weeks with several tasks around our house. I was pushing to finish the previous semester, and then we started a reno to our bathroom at the start of May; the only full-sized bathroom in our house, I might add. So my mind has been somewhat occupied for the… Read more »
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Dear Barb: I have this really great friend and we have lots of fun together. He is a very sarcastic guy and at times he has crossed the line and offended people. I mostly don’t get offended but just laugh along with him. Recently a mutual friend asked me if Mike’s sense of humor ever… Read more »