It’s Not PMS, It’s You! Interview with the author
Fri, 27/08/10 – 14:04 | 26 Comments

“…for every woman who ever pulled her hair out trying to explain–for the 46th time–the importance of putting the toilet seat down, for Christ’s sake, or that burping the national anthem after every meal is not a constitutional right…

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Our Bodies

What We See In The Mirror and How We Feel About It

Our Careers

The work that we do and that we wish we did

Our Minds

Our emotional, spiritual, and intellectual selves

Our Relationships

Mates, children, parents, siblings, friends

Our World

What we think about what’s happening outside our door

Buying A Bathing Suit
Fri, 19/02/10 – 14:40 | 12 Comments

I just ordered a bathing suit.  It’s still February and I’m looking at swimwear.  I do this every year.  And every year, I pass on the opportunity to clothe my body for a season of …

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Should writing be such hard work?
Wed, 17/02/10 – 14:35 | 5 Comments
Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Should writing be such hard work?

Wallace Stegner–remember him? He of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Angle of Repose? Known as the Dean of Western Writers and founder of the creative writing program at Stanford University?
I have …

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Beginnings
Wed, 10/02/10 – 15:25 | 3 Comments

Where do you begin a story? At the beginning, of course.
Well, maybe not. Hard news writers, the actual reporters among us, have to begin their leads with the time-honored 5Ws and H: …

My Feet Hurt
Fri, 5/02/10 – 1:35 | 21 Comments

Yes they do. Every day. In almost every way. This, as much as used-up eggs and hot flashes, seems to be a fact of my midlife.
Once, in my glory days, I could …

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Writing Creative Non-Fiction
Wed, 3/02/10 – 13:30 | Comments Off

This year, the sixth annual BlogHer conference has a Writing Track, and as part of that track, there will be two Rooms of Your Own (ROYO).  If you have been to Blogher before, then you …

Pretty, the Series: A web mockumentary
Fri, 29/01/10 – 14:06 | 6 Comments
Pretty, the Series: A web mockumentary

Late in the evening when there’s absolutely nothing else on, I have found myself on occasion watching Toddlers & Tiaras. It’s one of those train wreck reality shows in which overweight parents groom their …

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Revision, Looking At The Big Picture
Wed, 27/01/10 – 13:33 | Comments Off

Here is the first essay/blog post that will be the subject of an on-going editing dialogue. This is the first draft, untouched by human hands, as it were. Your job is to read …

I’m Mad As Hell and I’d Like To Tase The Lot of Them
Fri, 22/01/10 – 17:46 | 6 Comments

Wanted: one taser that works through the television.  If I had had my hands on such a thing last night while watching the Newshour on PBS, I would not have suffered such a migraine headache …

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The Miracle of Paragraphing
Tue, 19/01/10 – 18:29 | 9 Comments

Do you write short or long? Do you meander into a story, or just get right to the point? And does it make a difference? I’m asking this because I’ve been aware for …

A MidLifeBloggers Contest: Win a copy of Hormone Harmony
Fri, 15/01/10 – 17:56 | 5 Comments
A MidLifeBloggers Contest: Win a copy of Hormone Harmony

I have had an unwilling absence from the internet.  My cable went out.  Yesterday.  Or maybe the night before while I slept.  Of course I didn’t know that when, perky as could be, I took my coffee …