Tweet In December of 2003, I was at a crossroads, literally and figuratively. I had been married almost four years. We had been through some good times and some hard things, but we were going through about the hardest thing we’d been through so far. Earlier that year, my husband had been picked up by [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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?  [...]

TweetI was drawn first to this book by its beautiful cover illustration.   It’s in the style of  a classical oil painting, and shows a woman in a Biblical landscape who is obviously suffering from a great tragedy.  I looked at the description, and found that it was about Dinah, a woman who is barely mentioned [...]

TweetI found this book incredibly interesting and I read it constantly until the end. What was so interesting? The author is from Canada, the characters were well developed, and it is a story about conjoined twins (yes, siamese twins, but the proper term is conjoined twins). Of course, since Lori is not a twin, much [...]

TweetI found this book at the free store and almost didn’t take it. It looked kind of cool, a hand with candy sprinkles all over it. But the description, about a man with an addiction who goes through rehab didn’t sound that exciting. I’ve read a few of those, and they’re mostly over-Christiany, “feel sorry [...]

TweetI’m always interested when I see an “Oprah’s Book Club” seal on a novel, and I’ve never yet been disappointed. They are always haunting, thought-provoking, realistic stories. Once again, I was not disappointed. The story is from the point of view of the 14 year old daughter (Connie) of a Vermont midwife (Sibyl). The girl [...]

TweetI finally got the chance to watch this, and I was very impressed. This has to be the cutest robot movie I’ve ever seen, and it is one of the best movies for kids that I’ve seen in a long time.  Rated G – now how often do you see that anymore?  Truly funny, not [...]

TweetThis is one of those rare perfect books that I will want to keep forever to loan out to friends in need of enlightenment or encouragement. It has everything: a good storyline; characters that are real, complex and that you would want to meet in real life; it’s funny; it talks about the Northwest US [...]