I’m female, I’m fifty and I’m invisible. Bartenders don’t notice me. Kids on bikes ride into me. Commuters […]
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Come Dancing by The Kinks is such a deeply familiar song. It’s like a hurdy-gurdy is playing it, […]
I’ve been unfaithful to my partner, her best friend says. Amber thinks, so have I. Amber can guess […]
No, Fiona, I’ll get it! Look in the dirty laundry…Hello?…William, that poor dog is not a pony!… Judy! […]
My petition for full custody was rejected, not by a judge, but by a volunteer at a non-profit […]
It was as though a tiny man was sitting, cross-legged, playing bongo drums inside her chest. She knew […]
I made a mistake. I should never have agreed to go shopping on Christmas Eve with my heavily […]
In my family, there are those of us who have an affinity for dirty words, and those of […]
Create an alter ego a la Sasha Fierce, Ziggy Stardust, Chaucer. Avoid setting up a social media account […]
I was in the Co-Op the other day, the big one in town. I was talking to my […]
Nell’s flushed face greets me as she whips the door open. She grins enthusiastically, as always, puts her […]
As we move towards Father’s Day, I thought it only fair to give equal shopping coverage to our […]
DIY. Another word for die? Do It Yourself. Either way, it sounds ominous. Prone to online shopping sprees, […]
Giles and his friend Rupert joke about starting an urban fox hunt, how they would gallop down the […]