by Cheryl Suchors Actions that may have been unrelated at the time paved the way for my ongoing commitment. Here they are, in case you care to try some and avoid the others. 1. Get a pet. Nearing thirty and single, I got a cat. I named the cat Escuela because I figured […]
Women Writing
February 19 – After the Weddings
by Kalí Rourke I wrote about “Weddings, Finances and Your Kids” in my personal blog, and now that our second (and final) wedding couple is approaching their first anniversary, it is time to check in with some of the takeaways from our particular financial decision. Our decision was to simply give our daughters the money that we […]
January 14 – Gertie the Goose
by Marilea Rabasa My partner, Gene, and I are great lovers of nature and we enjoy walking on our beach, rain or shine, on Puget Sound. Sunrise is often magnificent, heralding in the day with a spotlight on the Olympic Range across Saratoga Passage from us. Those snow-covered mountains look like scoops of ice cream […]
November 11 – Traveling With Burning Mouth Syndrome
By Kalí Rourke I have written posts about Burning Mouth Syndrome for this blog in the past, and if you do not suffer from it or other chronic pain, this may be of no interest to you. But if you do, or if you know or love someone who does, take a minute and join […]
September 16 – Mom on the Fly
Advice to my Grown Daughter by Susan Rudnick Standing on West 56th Street in Manhattan, I give myself a moment to look across the street at Carnegie Hall before heading to my dentist’s office to have my mouth numbed. My cell phone rings, and “#1 daughter” comes up, the way she had jokingly entered her […]
June 17 – The Subversive Needle
by Sara Etgen-Baker Once upon a time (and not so long ago), I spent my summer vacations with my Aunt Betty. She was a non-traditional, career-minded, single woman in the ’50s who each morning ventured off to work at the nearby Western Union office. “Don’t go outside until I get home,” she emphatically said, leaving […]
