writing
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This is 50
This is 50. In a city like Los Angeles, and society, such as everywhere, I thought turning 50 would plunge me as many a woman today into deep depression and another superfluous $250 wrinkle cream. However, this August, I found myself entering this new decade in embrace, grace, and rather grateful. Officially turning the big…
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Crumbs & Fumes
Seven years ago I started a journal for my son. I can’t take credit for the idea as I read about legacy writing somewhere else and decided to do the same. It’s a journal ‘to him’ and ‘for him’ to open when he’s older – perhaps at 18. Some is just fun stuff and milestones.…
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Woman Cave
It’s been a long time since I read Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. I often wonder if she preempted men on the whole ‘man cave concept’, long before it was ‘cool’ and long before Restoration Hardware and flat screen TVs. It’s important for a person to have a ‘room of one’s own’ or…
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Day 2. Now what?
Day 2. After a slight ‘high’ of getting a few emails and messages: “Hey! How do I Follow your Blog?” etc. etc. I feel a panic combo with a side of suburban lull that won’t quit even after 4 K-cups of French Roast. ‘I’m a Blogger’, I say to myself. I really did it. BFD…
