Well, I just read this op-ed in the Chicago Tribune from a man who recently had to put his dog down. And I bawled my eyes out. Don’t click through unless you have Kleenex handy: For Frank was still young… Read more ›
Image from wikipedia.org If you follow me on my various social networks, you probably know that I’ve started a club at the high school where I teach just for girls. We meet every week and talk about issues in our society… Read more ›
I blogged about the importance of female friendships yesterday and then, about an hour later, so did Feministe! I’ve also been blessed with a handful of truly deep and transformative relationships with women — friendships that have carried on for… Read more ›
I was talking to my pal, Jillian, a few days ago, and she brought up an interesting point. The strongest structure is a triangle; with three legs, for example, a stool won’t wobble as it would with four, and it… Read more ›
Seriously, y’all, there are people out there who actually live without a television. After a few months of this numbing routine, we decided to get rid of our TV. It wasn’t a radical decision at the time. We just knew… Read more ›
This week, I have been on overload. You may have guessed by my absence here. Seriously, though, I’ve been doing too much. The way I see it, I have four separate things going on in my life: Blogging and writing… Read more ›
Tim and I had a conversation about money yesterday that didn’t involve yelling and screaming. I know, right? Exciting stuff. You may remember me writing about sharing money about a year and a half ago. In short, we decided to… Read more ›
Y’all might not know this about me, but I used to be a dancer. I took ballet classes from the tender age of 3 all the way through the age of 13. When I got older, I added more classes… Read more ›
According to The Huffington Post, cohabitation is a bad idea. “So what’s so wrong with living with your boyfriend or girlfriend? Let’s forget the studies pointing out the booze (cohabitors drink more), weight (they’re heavier) and happiness (they’re not quite… Read more ›
If you’ve been a good Chifem, you’ve been reading The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht! Hopefully you’re finished or almost there, because we are meeting on Sunday, January 22 (check the link for place and time) for an in-person discussion.… Read more ›
Not long ago, I was introduced to The Marriage Project at Diverge. It’s a wonderful set of interviews with women who are in modern marriages and relationships that I was fortunate enough to participate in, and I encourage you to… Read more ›
I fell in love with literature at a very young age. I loved books so much, I wanted to create them, because I wanted to give readers the same joy many authors had given me. Then, I grew up a… Read more ›
So I woke up today and went to check my blog stats and comments, as I usually do in the mornings, and found a foreboding white screen that said only: “Error establishing database connection.” As I went back to school… Read more ›
According to this Huffington Post article, a woman who just got married and kept her name was unable to deposit wedding gift checks that were made out to Mr. and Mrs. HisName. In his story, “Pete vs. Bank of America,”… Read more ›
I’m on Offbeat Home today, talking about our decision to wait on buying a house. It’s something I’ve mused about on here before, but this post is pretty good, if I do say so myself. 🙂 Our search began with… Read more ›
My husband is a grown man. This may sound absurd, but it’s true. And I think the absurdity of the statement stems not from the fact that he is, in fact, a grown man, but from the fact that I… Read more ›
Chifems, don’t forget that we are meeting on January 22 at 1:00 PM at a location to be announced to discuss The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. Lucky for us, this is also the first pick for the Huffington Post… Read more ›
