Watching My Waist
Mon, 8/03/10 – 13:55 | No Comment

Then came the earthquakes. A divorce, single motherhood, a bankruptcy. Bing, Bang. Boom. Even though I was an emotional wreck, I never ballooned to outrageous proportions. Still, for the first time in my life I had to shimmy into a girdle to control the overflow of tummy flesh. I was mortified.

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Memories of Israel The Last Time
Tuesday, 30 Dec, 2008 – 15:49 | 2 Comments

by Laura of Rebellious Thoughts of A Woman

The following are a couple of difficult memories of life in Israel. Difficult, because, really, why can’t the Jews just be left alone in their own little country …

WE’RE BACK…
Saturday, 27 Dec, 2008 – 12:51 | 8 Comments

…just taking a break.  We’ll be back in the New Year.
And now that break is well over.  You’ve noticed, of course, our new design, a less bloggy, more magazine-y look for the site, …

MidLife Decisions: To Throw or To Keep
Thursday, 11 Dec, 2008 – 15:48 | 5 Comments
MidLife Decisions: To Throw or To Keep

Are you a saver or a thrower?  I ask that while looking at my newly framed Meet The Beatles! Album, circa 1964.  Beatles.jpg
Nice, huh?  Okay, maybe a bit fuzzy, but don’t blame me; it’s the …

Letter to my son
Sunday, 7 Dec, 2008 – 12:51 | 16 Comments
Letter to my son

by Judy of Five Husbands
My son is participating in a leadership conference this weekend.  Parents were invited to send letters to their children to be opened as a surprise during the weekend. One of the …

I Have Nothing to Wear: Pants Department, or How about that elastic waist?
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 15:00 | 12 Comments

By Laura G. of Rebellious Thoughts of a Woman
Perhaps the most serious flaw or failure to appear in my closet is pants. This may be news to the clothing companies, but women have thighs …

Writing Your Life: For Fun and Profit
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 16:04 | 2 Comments
Writing Your Life: For Fun and Profit

We’re bloggers, so we know that the internet has made the world a whole lot smaller and a whole lot more accessible to the so-called common person.  Used to be that literary competitions were only …