Women are from Venus; Men are from Mars

Women are from Venus; Men are from Mars

Lights out at 7:35 p.m. No, this is not a description of our Baby Boomer bedtime. Lights off, TV becalmed, desktop computers no longer sleeping, but shut down. More importantly, the carefully-plugged in emergency light poised between the kitchen and family room did...
Look me in the eye

Look me in the eye

What I said in my outside voice: “Hi, good to see you again.” What I said inside my head: “Look me in the eye, not the lids”, while the woman, an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in some time, scrutinized the space between my pupils and...