A Few Words on Vulnerability — I’ve had more fortune told, and my palm read, several times in my life. I don’t put a lot of faith in the metaphysical and divination, at least not as a business practice. It seems to me that those who tell fortunes usually offer such vague descriptions, which might apply…

Actually, I think a FEW apologies are owed… — I wasn’t watching the Oscars last night. I don’t get them live and it wasn’t worth hunting around for a Livestream, so I was watching a movie instead. Then my phone lit up with the newsflash. Will Smith punched Chris Rock in the middle of his presentation for making a…

A practical guide for women considering their M.R.S. degree — Forever and Always. That’s how long the black stains are going to stay on your credit report when you go through a divorce. You’d do well to remember those words in the first flush of romance and the heady days that follow a marriage proposal. …

Although, it’s certainly enlightening… — We could never seem to get on the same page. If I was drunk, he was sober. If he started pounding cocktails, I stopped and switched to water. It’s this way with my friends, too — if I see one of my friends beginning to over-indulge, I cut back or…

Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder or the Beholden? — I recently sat for a professional portrait. It’s been around a decade since I last had a professional headshot taken, and with a recent promotion under my belt and a ridiculous change in the length of my hair due to the pandemic, it was time to update my corporate image…

Maybe he thought I wouldn’t notice? — Something weird happened at dinner last night. I went to a local restaurant to meet up with some friends I hadn’t seen in a long time, like pre-COVID. It was a nice gathering of about 10 of us, so we were seated at a large table out on the patio…

Tearing each other down is not helping anyone get ahead — This article has been forming in my head for a while, but it was an interaction with a Medium member yesterday that finally spurred me to write this. The woman in question took issue with a comment I posted on someone else’s article and flat-out accused me of shitposting just…

What is with all these requests for donations all of a sudden? — In the last two weeks, I have received a multitude of phone calls seeking donations from fundraising organizations affiliated with the National and International Police and Sheriff’s Associations. …

I was trying to be nice. It backfired. — I just spent a couple of hours cleaning up a mess of my own making. When my ex-husband and I decided to get a divorce, at first, things were amicable. After years of my frustration, he acquiesced pretty quickly when I told him I wanted out, and it seemed like…