It was the damndest thing! And I thought I was immune. August 31, 2005. I turned forty that day. I knew I was going to turn forty, I mean the math is simple enough. And who doesn’t keep track of... Read more >>

I’m getting a bit tired of all the negative news about our one savior, aka. “the stimulus money.” Blah, blah, blah. Plus all the bad press about layoffs and rip-offs ends up... Read more >>

I wouldn’t say that I am a terribly competitive person but I’m getting a head start on my mid-life crisis. I’ll be thirty-nine in June but the women in my family age very gracefully... Read more >>

The tick-tock of the biological clock rings in the ears of many women as they approach their mid- to late thirties and into their forties. For some, the sound is deafening and anxiety-inciting. For... Read more >>

My friend kept agonizing over it. She couldn’t figure out why he hadn’t called. She and Bill (name has been changed) had gotten together at his house for the afternoon and he had spent... Read more >>

Let me first say I am writing this hoping to get some feedback from others. I am trying to find out how common this situation is, how and when it begins, and why. I am saddened by my own sexless... Read more >>

I think I’m having a mid-life crisis a few years ahead of time. Not the kind where I’d die my hair platinum blond, get a tramp stamp and start wearing too-short skirts and too-revealing... Read more >>

I’ve been in a funk for the last week or so. Something has just been unsettled in my soul, and I hadn’t been able to identify it. Until today. I had anticipated heavy involvement in my... Read more >>

In less than one month, I will turn forty-five; yes, forty-five.  I try not to focus on age, but when reaching a milestone such as this one, it can be rather difficult. Bigger birthdays give us a... Read more >>

About my husbands affair with another woman. If the reader reads between the lines and nautical phrases they will find the other woman is merely a boat. Tranquil Temptress Surviving thirty years of... Read more >>