Category Archives: Work

Michelle Obama and Tom Selleck: They Agree about Something

Posted on February 3, 2011 by This Woman Writes

After he swallowed what he was chewing, the Son and Heir recalled a social groupie thing that involved a half-dozen captive boys sitting around a table, being guided in how to behave by male instructors. Much was said about how to cut one’s meat (not with the hands), where to blow one’s nose (not at the table), and what to do with one’s free hand (not on the girl’s thigh). Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day: No Need for a Panic Attack

Posted on January 26, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I don’t mean to strike panic into the average male breast, but Valentine’s Day is getting close. Continue reading →

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The Politics of Tea

Posted on January 20, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Friday afternoon found me trolling through the establishments of our little town, looking for loose tea, which, obviously, was not in the lumber store, the old fashioned department store (we actually have one of those), or the feed store; neither was it, however, in the grocery store. Continue reading →

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Cheap Sandals or Scanty Underwear: It All Depends upon How Old You Are

Posted on January 10, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Now no one can argue that Baby Boomers are not a demographic force all on our own, but this bologna situation is yet another aspect that defines us: in communicating and interacting with the generation above us and the one below, we toggle back and forth between two worlds, two ways of looking at things, two languages. Continue reading →

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Cell Phone Arguments: Let’s Keep This in Context

Posted on January 4, 2011 by This Woman Writes

In the old days, back when people inhabited the same spacial dimension when they engaged in exchanging words, the very presence of the other person and the expressions flitting across his or her face sometimes — but not always — served as an inhibitor to going too far and saying too much. Frequently, one or both parties opted to leave the room and cool off. Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Everyone: Bring Out the Cocoa and Turn Off the Phones

Posted on December 23, 2010 by This Woman Writes

While I have no sugarplum illusions that cyber activity will cease over Christmas Day (and yes, I realize that not everyone celebrates Christmas), I sincerely hope that people look forward to the 2011 New Year as a fresh opportunity to connect and re-connect with family, friends, and potential friends in a myriad of ways: Facebook, great; e-mail, quick and free; Twitter, rapid-fire updates; texting — please, not when you’re driving.

Marrying well with these communication methods are a personal note on nice stationary to a friend, an evening glass of wine with the spouse, a game of cards with a sibling, serious time with a quality book just by oneself. No phone, no Ipod, no Blackberry, no laptop, no electronics.

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Please Do Not Give Me a Stressy Bessy Doll for Christmas. I Already Own One.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by This Woman Writes

If there were such thing as a Stressy Bessy doll, she would look like me. The Son and Heir says that I focus on minutiae: “Remember when we vacationed on the beach and I wanted to climb those 25-foot rocks? You … Continue reading →

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Where Is the Christmas Tree?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by This Woman Writes

Even though the Norwegian Artist and I successfully run a business together, we have not, after 28 years of Christmas cheer, developed a business plan for acquiring the annual Christmas tree. Every year, we stumble onto a different way of … Continue reading →

Facebook Christianity

Posted on November 30, 2010 by This Woman Writes

After a five-day Thanksgiving break, I visited my personal e-mail and found it flooded with messages from friends: Amazon, Rite-Aid, Staples, Jo-Ann’s Fabrics, Calendars — all the people who bring meaning to my life. After I had, um, disposed of … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Have to Feel Thankful to Be Thankful

Posted on November 22, 2010 by This Woman Writes

When you’re pregnant, it seems as if everyone around you, including men, is pregnant as well. Well, we’re not pregnant (breathe, mom; we’ve honestly stopped at four), but we do look around us and see a number of people in a … Continue reading →