Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
All of the girls whose names will never be known All of the girls whose choices were not their own All of the girls denied their share of the gold All of the girls, like cattle, bought and sold All of the girls who had to submit to a man All of the girls the boys could not understand All… Read More
I didn’t see it coming. That whole “how cute is he?†thing. A young boy wandered into my Aging Schmaging tent and looked around. I was a vender at Parley Lake Winery enjoying the last vestiges of a warm autumn day. He stared at my photographs, and then approached the table. “Does the candy cost anything?†he said. I had… Read More
The smell of coffee. The sound of bacon crankily snapping in the pan. WCCO on the radio. Dad is home.  I loved those weekend markers. My father worked as a construction foreman, which meant he was not home Monday through Friday.  Mom, in her independence, kept the farm running and my siblings and I herded. She didn’t drink coffee, and… Read More
