i have always been into Stevie Nicks. Like…ALWAYS. i can’t remember a time when i didn’t love her. She’s one of those entertainers that sort of fits into many of life’s moments. When i was an awkward, pimply pre-teen and wanted to be a “singer on a big stage”, i would stand on my bed, hairbrush-microphone held […]
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Tonight i found myself in the back seat of a car on a traffic-jammed highway on a long trip home, with a belly full of Indian food, trying to tell this story to my compadres. And no matter how many different ways i tried to paint the picture of just exactly what befell me that […]
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Puxtawny Phil is an American legend. A true hero of a hedgehog. i can’t quite remember if i knew of him before i saw the movie, or after, but one thing is clear: the American tradition of consulting a rodent to predict the next few months of weather every year on Feb 2 keeps the […]
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So…i decide learning to cook Indian is my next great adventure. This wasn’t some impulsive decision i made on a whim with nary a thought to what would come of it….Like beauty school. Part time. At 40. (And just a short 4 years later – i can do your nails!!!) No, this was a long time coming. […]
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There are certain things in life one should know. Like, where do babies come from and when does the 25 mph sign REALLY mean 25? (Millican road, Waterville, Oregon! Take my word for it! Just do!) But there are also useful facts that you may not be aware of such as just how much liquid can […]
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What would I do today if I were at a spa? That is the question i asked myself one soggy spring day before i moved to sunny California. That week had been kinda rough, what with adulting being so hard and all. For some reason people just really bugged me that week and i found myself […]
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i am late. Not like,”well, by now they’ve given up on me ever showing up and have cancelled my appointment” late, but i was cutting it close. And it wasn’t an appointment for another vaginal ultrasound (yes! i STILL haven’t let that one go! And if you haven’t yet read THAT harrowing story, you can […]
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“There aren’t enough ice packs in the world to cover every place on my body that hurts!” i wail into my phone. (And by “wail” i mean “text”. Like, really fast and with extreme decisiveness.) “It was like one minute i was walking and the next – bam! Right in the kisser!” (And by “kisser”, […]
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Maybe it’s just me, but vaginal ultrasounds are not as fun as the name makes it sound. Total TMI, but let’s just put that out there. And in case you’re wondering, no, it doesn’t make a difference if you try to conjure up images of George Clooney or Channing Tatum or Shakira for that matter […]
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i recently was taken to Topeka, Kansas on a weekend trip to visit family. Never having been to Kansas, or any prairie state where the buffalo roam, and being geographically challenged to the point of it being an actual disability, i had NO idea where i was. “Are we in Kansas now?” i ask as […]
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