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Affluence
I came of age when women were newly encouraged to be equal, to take charge, to surge upward, "lean in." As a result of this insurrection - and the recent spate of down-sizing higher echelon men - 20% of women ages 40 - 69 earn about the same as their spouses and 24%...
Delicious Acuity
Which was you prefer as delicious acuity - if you had to, or could, choose, Constant Reader: foresight or hindsight? "No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man… Behind blue eyes" ---Pete Townsend, The Who As for me, I choose insight. Yeah, life...
Time Capsule
In December 1986 I assembled a time capsule to hastily insert in an extra concrete pour necessitated by our pool contractor's incorrectly-placed layout. It seemed that the entrance steps into the sports pool were harrowingly near our home's sliding door. Wouldn't want...
Born Identity: living life as a miracle of speed and aspiration
"Let go; Let God!" I breathed in and out as mantra. The phrase infused a lightness of being, a slowed pulse. "Let go; Let God," I repeated as the garage door closed. Larry had retrieved his wallet from the closet shelf, where he'd belatedly remembered he'd left it...
Living Life as a Miracle: Thank You Sign
Six years ago, on this day, my father died, living 21 months past my mother, his dear wife/supporter/nurturer/friend. The ensuing family angst and drama sent me into tailspin. I'd lost my parents and hopes for family, left with only squabbley siblings. When my church...
1984
Well, it took 30 years to arrive, but 1984 is here. The novel was actually published in 1949, amidst the post WW2 euphoria. People thought George Orwell was dyspeptically grim, but it reached iconic, bestseller status anyway, infused with the universal paranoia that...
CAbi Girl
The label states: "I am a linen blended garment designed in such a way as to twist, bend and torque when washed. Please enjoy my fun insouciant look" OK. Now I will be well-armored for life in my new CAbi clothing. I will be able to...
Let it go
"Let it go," the Christian smother says. Let it go. Be free of angst and regret. And, it strikes me suddenly: what she really intends is to be unfettered, free of listening to my burdens, as I have listened to hers. Our friendship flies away -
orchid
It's just an orchid knit gown, fabric interwoven with gold lame thread. Okay, it's something special. Unique and Cinderella superb. The dress was the prime item at a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Angels - and I looked like an angel in it, so of course I bought it,...
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