Hipsters Be Poor
My husband and I are not hip. We don’t look hip. We don’t think of ourselves as hip. We are not concerned with things hip. What we are is a [...]
Culture
We Need An App For That?
I recently heard a friend-of-a-friend talking about being a productive writer. As she was touting her daily writing habits, she attributed her recent success—and that would be success in putting [...]
Rules Are Good
Having been raised in Germany, I had to wait until turning 18 to embark on the several-month process to earn my driver’s license. In the land of no-speed-limit highways, teaching [...]
Heaven Seventeen
I was going through old boxes and found three Seventeen magazines from 1978, 1979, and 1981. They were mine, because I loved that magazine in my early teen years. Looking [...]
Maybe Baby
By midlife, there are statistically more women than men. Still, I doubt that completely explains why I know so many fabulous middle aged women who are single (including Yours Truly!). [...]
Coachella Calling
When I saw this year’s band listings for Coachella, a tiny part of my rock soul whispered, “You should go, there are so many great bands playing!” The rest of [...]
Man Or Gorilla?
In this share on Facebook, a woman vents about a day’s worth of harassment by men: a guy gestures “approval” with his pelvis in reference to her yoga pants, a drunk guy calls [...]
The Luddite Line
Technology is great. Really. Still, I do have what my husband calls “a luddite line.” A Luddite is one of a group of early 19th century English workmen who destroyed [...]