Season’s Heatings
To the people who live here, the heat of the summer is a non-issue. The 3-digit number may look impressive (even a little insane) on a national weather map, but it’s not so hard to […]
Ice Cream, You Scream
Sitting at his computer, he had a fairly good view of me. Occasionally glancing at me, he watched me until I wandered out of his sight into the kitchen, returning a few minutes later with […]
Less is More
The other day, as I watched a man laden with backpacks scurry down the steps to the beach, I felt a brief twinge of envy. He displayed all the signs of a global nomad: bandanna, […]
Tart with a Heart
During my first internship after college, I was determined to meet the CEO of the biotech company at which I worked. Unable to get an appointment, I ducked past the assistant toward his office. The […]
Delusion
The newspapers lately have been full of doom and gloom. Where I live, the housing market has collapsed and foreclosures have skyrocketed. Interest rates are up, and the price of fuel is soaring. Th…
She’s no Fool
My mother played just one April Fool’s joke in all her life. Dad had done something to make her mad–nobody remembers what–and Mom wanted some big-time payback. So one Friday evening when Dad….
Autocritic
I wish I didn’t do it. You wish you didn’t do it. But we all do it. And it isn’t the devil making us do it. We are all guilty of doing the once-over. It’s […]
Sustainability 24/7
I have to be honest with you: I’m getting tired of sustainability. It’s not that I want all the fish to die or for there to be more hurricanes, but–how can I say this without […]
Photo Op
When shooting some recent website content, I and my crew were blessed with one of the most perfect Malibu days. The sun glistened off the water, sparkling like tiny diamonds. And my quite-famous pho….
White Powder Fixing
The Washoe Indians called it “Strong Water,” but Mark Twain called it “Grasshopper Soup.” As mystical as the exact connotation of the name is the overwhelming beauty of this gap betwe….
Spank Me
So it was a milestone birthday last month, and I have been thinking about age…my age, men’s ages, aging. I have no trouble with it (thank goodness–why worry about something about which I can….
Happy holidays! Another wonderful year
Larochefoucauld said that often our cirtues are merely vices in disguise. Altruism can make us feel good about ourselves, but self-amiration is far from admirable. Kindness is a composite quality in….
The Passive Male
I chose my man carefully before trying this…not every man is capable of being passive, even if only for a little while. I built up our sex pattern slowly…he came into our place after work, […]
Florence of the Elbe
Dresden. in the beautiful Elbe valley, has UNESCO World Heritage status, after earning its place in history. It’s a mostly-Baroque architectural jewel. I was pleasantly surprised to see the re.
Like They Do on the Discovery Channel
In the animal kingdom, sex can be wild and weird. For one thing, penises come in a mind-boggling number of sizes and guises. Some, like the human penis, are hydraulically operated pumps; other are f…
Under the Sun
I just returned from Tuscany, which may officially be paradise. Stayed in a magnificent restored Franciscan convent that was originally built in 1587–our room (reminiscent of Siennese Renaissance) ….
