I’ve been many things in my life before, but never an M.O.B (Mother of the Bride). I’m far from a big wedding expert, but I’m passing on a few things I learned from my daughter’s wedding last week. I openly wanted them to elope....that wasn’t what they wanted......
I am quite happy with my first name. At birth, I was given the name Ann, an English variation of the Hebrew name Hannah, named for my father’s mother who was killed in the Holocaust. I changed the spelling to Anne to mark a milestone in my life - loyal readers of Love...
The quest for an aphrodisiac is as old as sex. From oysters to figs to bananas, unsubstantiated claims have been made about the sex-enhancing powers of food. Here’s my take on what’s out there and what may be worth sampling.
I lack trust in my boyfriend of 7 months. This has been caused by his total and complete honesty of his past relationships, which honesty is a good thing, but it has triggered my insecurities, fear of being hurt and that bad feeling in my stomach. When he brings up...
This is historically the best weekend of the year, The first weekend in February, when a bunch of our guys head up to Boulder Junction and the girls are left to watch football in peace. That's Boulder Junction, the red dot. The weather outside is frightful. Here are a...
I am 5 years post menopausal and feel like crap. Going through menopause was/is one of the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I went through at the early age of 43 🙁 I haven’t felt like me in years. I have always exercised and I eat a very healthy...
Where has Dr. Annie K. been? True, I have been negligent in posting. A case of writer’s block? Is that even a thing? I think lately my brain has been controlled more by my limbic system - “fight or flight”. This means less cerebral cortex, where the magic...
I have always had a thing about watches. In preparation for this post, I talked to people and nearly everyone had a watch story. The subject stirred up more emotion than any material object I’ve written about. Watches are making a comeback. It’s part of that retro...
Sharing vignettes from October, as we bid it farewell. My kitchen packed with my favorite fruits and veggies, at their peak busting with colour - Some relatively inspirational fortune cookies received the other night: My dad, born in 1920,...
My dad doesn’t miss an episode of Steven Colbert. When Lady Gaga talked about putting traumatic memories in a box, he immediately nodded in agreement. “If i didn’t put these things away, I couldn’t possibly lead a normal life,” my dad said. My dad is a 98-year-old...
Did you have a room in your house you weren't allowed in because it was too fancy? Do you still have one? When we were kids this same living room was off limits. Now it looks like this:
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