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I stared at the email in disbelief. “I’m out of the country with limited Internet access until June.” This from my website manager in reply to my cry for help after I discovered fatal errors on my website. I panicked. Then I got angry. What kind of Web manager goes hiking in the … [Read more...] about “Danger, Will Robinson!” The Day I Got Lost in Cyberspace

They say a picture tells a thousand words. A voice over the phone was what did it for me. I fell in love with the man I would later marry before we met in person. The year was 1994. I was recently separated from my then husband. I was no stranger to divorce by then. I’d … [Read more...] about I Fell in Love With My Man Before We Ever Met

“Is this seat taken?” he asked. I removed my backpack from the seat next to me on the bus, and he sat down. He looked to be in his early thirties. Attractive in a boy-next-door kind of way. We got to chatting and he asked where I was headed. “I’m visiting a friend in Santa … [Read more...] about WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO? A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE PENAL KIND

If you’re a woman what do you see when you look in the mirror? Does your eye zero in on your thighs, your breasts, or your butt while ignoring the whole of you? Can you stand the sight of yourself naked? Does trying on swimsuits in a clothing store hold all the appeal of a … [Read more...] about Thunder Thighs and Other Indignities of Life

How did I get to be this age? It's the question many of us, ahem, mature folks ask ourselves. Wasn't it just yesterday we were getting our driver's licenses...changing our kids' diapers...attending college graduations? I know it's a cliche, but it does seem like it all happened … [Read more...] about Miracles of Aging