I was very pregnant with our first child. We were driving to our annual vacation spot in the northern reaches of the Outer Banks, or OBX for you cool folks in the know. From where we live, the trip can take anywhere from 5 to 7 hours hours depending upon traffic and route choices. It [...]
Musings on Relationships and Sex
After separating from Michael, I worried that I would be forever celibate because my life style and age are not really conducive to meeting men who are on the prowl. I have learned from Michael, though, that they are all always on the alert, if not actively on the prowl. As it turns out, [...]
Gone to the River
There is a hotsy-totsy gym that my daughter’s school allows parents to use in the mornings. One encounters parents of both sexes there, the occasional teacher, alums and even more rarely for that time of morning, a student in the upper grades working on endurance or strength for her chosen sport. Among the parents, I [...]
Why it all makes sense!
It was a very difficult string of months following my discovery that my husband was in love/lust with a woman 40 years younger than himself. Following the initial discovery, there were corollary discoveries that put me in the fuller picture of what I had been experiencing during the preceding few years. Like anyone, [...]
Gen’s Intro
“What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer.” Sir Francis Bacon, in 1601, made the observation above that truth is a clear and virtuous attribute but requires too much of us. Apparently. Why else do we shade, embellish or distort the truth? “Yes, but mine is a true story!” It is the currently [...]
“Satisficing” Visitation?
I had a graduate school professor pull a word out of his hat that made me think he was THE COOLEST! “Satisficing:” an obvious blend of sufficing and satisfying. Isn’t that great?! He was using it to describe political and economic behavior, in which you put forth enough to barely meet the needs, but leave the [...]
