Why We Need to Occasionally Ditch Rose-Colored Glasses
The other day I was talking to a young woman who was pregnant and told her, in a voice I barely recognized as my own, that “Labor is amazing!” I…
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Throwing Our Weight Around
I had wonderful literary heroes as a child. In fact, stories made me who I am today. If you compare story heroines to real-life female heroes, you’ll fine a distinct…
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Magnifying Glasses – To Wear or Not to Wear
Photo by Liza Highfill I have about twenty pairs of magnifying glasses spread all over my life. They’re in my house, they’re in my car, they’re in my office, they’re…
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The Wizard of Odd — Chapter 2
The following is a continuation of my blog from last week. If you didn’t read it, follow this link to get to it. Not that these two blogs constitute some…
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The Wizard of Odd – Chapter 1
She tapped her heels together three time. Nothing. Dorothy was in the land of menopause, and found that getting back home was no longer achieved by tapping the ruby slippers.…
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