TweetLadies, how many of you out there have had this happen to you? You’re in a new relationship, and maybe you had a bad one before, or maybe you’re shy, or for other reasons you just want to take it slow. Then your guy takes you on a romantic stroll, and he’s holding your hand, [...]

TweetWe’ve been living in France for a couple months now, and it’s been lovely.  These are a few of my favorite things: 1.Emmaus is a great second-hand store.  The prices are comparable to a thrift store in the States, and for Europe that is just amazing.  And when you buy there, you’re not just saving [...]

TweetAge is mostly important when you’re quite young or quite old.  Obviously, if someone is under the legal age of consent, there is a problem.  And of course problems come up when an older man (or woman) dates or marries a partner who is the same age as their children.  Barring these two situations, there’s [...]

TweetWhat to do with Great Northern Beans (Or other beans) Beans are easy to cook and deal with, as long as you have a bit of time, or think ahead, or if you have a pressure cooker.  They are very versatile, and take well to all kinds of seasoning from spicy to sweet.  That’s why [...]

TweetA good friend once gave me this great piece of advice: Everyone gets old, loses their appearance, appeal, and their sexual ability.  Eventually, you will lose the tingly, turned on, lovey-dovey feeling you are feeling now.  You have to ask yourself, after this person loses that, would you still want to be with them then?  [...]

TweetHouse-Sitting is a lot like baby-sitting, but a lot less involved, and more fun (in my opinion, anyway). I’ve had the opportunity to house-sit twice in the past year, both for rather affluent households (the most recent was a restored 15th century chalet in France). While I felt some pressure (oh God, please don’t let [...]

Tweet “Where does it all begin? History has no beginnings, for everything that happens becomes the cause or pretext for what occurs afterwards, and this chain of cause and pretext stretches back to the palaeolithic age, when the first Cain of one tribe murdered the first Abel of another. All war is fratricide, and there [...]