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Relax and Open Wide: Dentist vs. Doctor

Sometimes when I’m bored and have neglected to tote some reading material—like when I’m standing in line at the supermarket, or waiting for a movie to begin—I indulge in a debate I have with myself: Which do I dislike more: a visit to the dentist, or a visit to the gynecologist? Both require me to […]

Filed Under: Humor, Politics & Society, Women Tagged With: copyediting, dentist, doctors, gynecologist, intimacy, poetry, privacy, proctologist, Women

Sarah and Me: Junior High with Sarah Palin

On the surface, I should like her. Sarah Palin is 44, precisely my age. We were born three months apart. And like me, she’s a mom and works full-time. We should hang out, clink our highball glasses, and salute the kind of kismet that competent women often need to create real achievement. Except, in her […]

Filed Under: Humor, Politics & Society, Pop Culture, Women Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, junior high, mean girl, personal history, Sarah Palin, successful women, tweenagers, Women

A Retro Road Trip in a New World

When you’re from New England, the whole concept of taking a “Road Trip” means driving an hour to the beach. So when my friend Beccy suggested we take a road trip to Niagara Falls during our kids’ spring break, I mentally padded the usual duration with an extra hour or two and impetuously answered Yes. […]

Filed Under: Pop Culture, Social Media, Travel Tagged With: on the road, road trip, Travel, Women

Korean Otters

My friend Maryse called me the other day with a question, she said, about her daughter Laurie-Maude, who is in the same grade as my daughter Caroline. It was Korea Day at school, she said, and Laurie-Maude wanted to dress as an Otter. “How do Otter’s dress?” Maryse wanted to know. At least, that’s what […]

Filed Under: Children, Family History, Women Tagged With: daughters, kids, mothers, Parenting, personal history, Women, Writing

‘Hey, Pretty Lady!’

A few weeks ago, I had some time to kill at Boston’s Logan Airport before a flight to Denver, and eventually to Santa Barbara. I’ve taken the same, lonely trip a dozen times or so, and it’s always a tiring day that reminds me again how profoundly disappointed I am that the seven-league boots I […]

Filed Under: Business, Pop Culture, Women Tagged With: airports, Boston, shoeshine, Travel, Women

Alpha Females

Two or three years ago, I found myself on a list of people who take turns cooking in a soup kitchen. And so, every few months, I do. I can’t say I particularly look forward to it. But to beg off the list at this point would require a phone call to the organizer. I […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Women Tagged With: alpha dogs, alpha females, cooking, Women

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