On The Subject Of Beauty

From the time I was preteen, I was obsessed with drawing the same cartoon over and over; the first illustration showed the shapely backside of a long-haired temptress, and the next frame revealed the fact that the things are not as they appear – a woman with a monstrously ugly face.  It was a self-portrait, […]

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Why Are We Not Talking About the Real Issues?

I was sixteen and starry-eyed when the handsome, eighteen-year-old G asked me out.  For two years I had secretly swooned over him but I never dreamed that he would notice me.  I felt like the luckiest girl alive! When he told me that he was going to be the next drummer for The Who, I […]

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An Argument for Wholistic Healthcare

A week after my husband completed thirty-five rounds of radiation for Stage III Prostate cancer, and a year to the date that I learned surgery to remove cancerous tissues from my breast was successful, Ric fell down a flight of steps rupturing his quad tendon.  Ten weeks after surgery, he would fall again, causing further […]

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Silence Is Not The Answer

Another celebrity has been acquitted of sexual assault charges because the female complainants did not hold up in court as credible witnesses.  I was neither a witness to the alleged occurrences, nor present for the court proceedings, and therefore, cannot comment on whether or not justice was indeed served.  On a personal level, however; I […]

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