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Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

— Winston Churchill

Wondering on Wednesday … I’m so lucky, they say.

I always find it odd when other women tell me how lucky I am that my husband does 99% of the cooking, and he does an equal share of house cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, etc.
I keep wondering … if both people work outside the home, but wives still do a greater percentage of domestic chores [...]

What’s Your Party Dream?

Q. If you could throw a fabulous party and didn’t have to think for a minute about how much it would cost, where would you throw it and who would you invite?

Wondering on Wednesday

What do children and old people know that the rest of us don’t?

Wondering on Wednesday May 14th

 
Do you ever wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and screech,
“How the hell did that happen?”
I’m wondering.

Wondering On Wednesday May 7th

When I was a teenager I remember being attacked by the most vicious desire.  I was mad with need, overcome by a hormonal rage that I didn’t know how to satiate. It was the first time I’d physically longed for something so keenly my lips trembled.
I was with my aunt and she recognized my symptoms immediately. She took one look [...]

Wondering on Wednesday

Why can heterosexual, married women refer to each other as girlfriends but we can’t refer to male friends as boyfriends?
“Honey, I’m going to meet a girlfriend for coffee.”
“Have a great time. Will you pick up mustard on your way home?”
If a woman said, “Honey, I’m going to meet my boyfriend for coffee,” the conversation would be much different. The questions…the [...]