Category Archives: Culture

Don’t Say “Can’t”

Posted on July 7, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I dropped in on Eldest Supreme at work just so I could casually mention, “Oh, by the way, I have a washing machine in the back of the car.” Continue reading →

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Heigh ho Silver — Away! Onward, Burnt Orange!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by This Woman Writes

To be sure I wasn’t hallucinating, I drove around the block and double checked, as did Tired of Being Youngest at my side.

Confirmed. Somebody else in the least populated county of the state owns my car.

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Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Business, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged art, artist, auto, beauty, blogging, business, car, Carolyn Henderson, culture, current events, daily life, economy, family, humor, life, lifestyle, middle age, Norwegian, orange, painting, relationships, rumor, silver, small town, Steve Henderson, travel, writing | 6 Comments

The Summer of Our Contentment

Posted on June 22, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Colleagues at home, I know you know what I’m talking about, even more so now because it’s summer and there are extra people in the office for the next couple months. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Business, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Growth, health, Humor, Job, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged artist, Carolyn Henderson, chauffeur, children, errands, family, home, hozro, humor, Middle Aged Plague, mystery, Navaho, Norwegian, novels, office, Polish, pool, Steve Henderson, summer, swimming, time, Tom Cruise, Tony Hillerman | 8 Comments

Lost — in Plain Sight

Posted on June 15, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I am on a Most Wanted list. Actually, it’s more like the Lost and Found of my high school alumnae committee, which for the last 30 years has experienced monumental difficulties in tracking me down and verifying my existence. It’s kind of … Continue reading →

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She Was a Good Doggy

Posted on June 9, 2011 by This Woman Writes

The first day we got her, I left the kids with the Norwegian Artist, dutifully snapped on the leash, and went for the inaugural walk to the park, where somehow, when I blinked for a fraction too long, our newest family member clamped her mouth shut around a dead duck. Continue reading →

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Mouth of the Grand Canyon — Mine

Posted on June 6, 2011 by This Woman Writes

For some reason, I lack the genetic DNA to sit in a circle and listen to one or two members of a group drone on and on about how they feel about what we have all just endured. Continue reading →

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An Exercise in Patience

Posted on May 24, 2011 by This Woman Writes

My latest flailing exercise features the buff Australian — the cover shows a perky brunette sweetheart in a skimpy halter top and bouncey doo, but the DVD itself features a male Adonis of gigantic proportions, barely contained in a ripped and rippled muscle shirt.

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Bruce Willis Knitting

Posted on May 12, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I confess: I engage in reckless behavior. Sometimes I salt my food before I taste it. I set the cruise control for two miles over the speed limit. If the headache’s bad enough, I’ll take two aspirin instead of one. … Continue reading →

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Card Me — Please!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I just bought a bottle of beer so that I can make more shampoo. Yeah, that’s right. I pour beer on my head, mixed with a liquid soap that has pronounceable and recognizable words in the ingredient list (Olive Oil, … Continue reading →

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An Alarming Faceoff in the Bedroom

Posted on May 4, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Ah, but Norwegian Artists are a determined race, and the offending item was banished to the far Netherlands of my nightstand, and that only with my avowed promise to use my body as a shield against the Aurora Borealis in numerical form. Continue reading →