1. I make up words. Sometimes I don’t realize I’ve done it until someone says “Whaaaaa?” Fortunately, my family’s used to it and they just let it go and figure out what I mean by context. 2. My twin sister is 45 minutes older than I am. When we were kids I used to say…
Introducing Coffee Talk
A little over a year ago a friend of mine from high school contacted me and, after catching up, he said he was surprised to find me living such “a suburban lifestyle.” When I asked him to explain, he said he always thought that I’d be living in the middle of a jungle somewhere reporting…
Wordless Wednesday: Empty Nest Syndrome
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Book Review: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty~Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty~Year Friendship is an intimate look at the friendships of eleven women over a forty~year period. Interspersed with studies that highlight the importance of the development and maintenance of close relationships in the health and well~being of women, The Girls from Ames is part sociology…