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I had planned this post to be a recipe, or advice on preparation for Thanksgiving, and instead I wrote about the election, and those of us who are doing our best, or at least the best we can. I have been reading Brene Brown’s Rising Strong, a book filled with stories many personal, about how we […]

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This week I got a flyer for something called the “True Happiness Hour”. I’m in, was my immediate reaction; I want true happiness, don’t you? The first meeting is November 15th. Can I wait until then to attain it? A lot will happen between now and November 15th; Halloween, my sister coming to visit, and […]

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I remember my father sitting in his office, with the low hum of talk radio in the background. How could he listen to it all day? Why didn’t he listen to music? I couldn’t imagine opting for endless chatter over the Jackson Five and Credence Clearwater Revival that came to me through my A.M. radio […]

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Dear Melania, I’m pretty sure the last week has been pretty tough on you, and I thought I‘d write and say I know what you’re going through. I spent ten years living with a narcissist, and they are never worse than when they feel backed up against a wall. I imagine as Donald’s wife he […]

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, but now he lives at my house. I am the female Humpty Dumpty. Each time I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror that’s who I see. Almost one year ago I had abdominal surgery from which I have recovered well, save for the two hernias that now protrude […]

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