Online dating: Stories from the Front Lines
Fri, 12/03/10 – 12:11 | One Comment

Bud asked if I liked spanking. Mike’s first email was an erotic story. The artist guy took me out to brunch then turned out to be penniless.

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Article Archive for November 2009

Of Marriage, Life, Art and Loss
Sunday, 29 Nov, 2009 – 23:28 | 6 Comments
Of Marriage, Life, Art and Loss

Regardless of the causes, I am dealing with an enormous loss, and the agony of watching him erase himself. It is the antithesis of creating. It is chaos as well as inertia.

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The Process of Writing
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 21:00 | 5 Comments

There’s a signal  way in which the concept of writing as process is crucial to our success as writers.  Our writing process is how we actually do the thing.  What are our habits, our quirks, …

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Remembering The Kennedy’s
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 2:51 | No Comment
Looking Back, Looking Forward:  Remembering The Kennedy’s

It has never been more critical for our country to regain its courage, its self-respect, and its desire to never lose heart. Life is long and we ain’t dead yet, right?

Jane’s World-Famous Award-winning Best-Ever Pecan Pie
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 – 13:54 | 4 Comments
Jane’s World-Famous Award-winning Best-Ever Pecan Pie

Okay, gather ’round while I give you The Secret…

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Purpose, or Why Do You Write?
Wednesday, 18 Nov, 2009 – 15:11 | 10 Comments

Writing isn’t some mysterious phenomenon that happens when the good fairy graces you with her presence.  It isn’t some arcane procedure that only dead white males (and a few chosen, but robust females) are truly …

Dialectic: Poetry, Philosophy, Collage
Monday, 16 Nov, 2009 – 13:14 | One Comment
Dialectic: Poetry, Philosophy, Collage

The walls of human understanding have various purposes, textures, designs. But their intent is often to keep something…safe from challenge and on-going discovery of the truth of inherent polarity.

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2009 – 17:51 | 10 Comments

I got the idea for starting a Writers Workshop on MidLifeBloggers when a friend, Merlot Mom, wrote on her blog about finding her own way to write rather than bowing to conventional wisdom of …

Breast Cancer Bonanza: Stop the Greed
Monday, 9 Nov, 2009 – 14:16 | One Comment
Breast Cancer Bonanza: Stop the Greed

Stop the greed. Please take a minute to tell Eli Lilly to “stop milking cancer” .