On Monday it arrived. A medium-sized box, left outside my door beside a smaller box containing the coffee I’d just ordered from Amazon. I knew immediately what it was, and I felt simultaneously… more →
Tropeloeil's Blogwrote 2 days ago: As Sian settles into her new cottage with son Rory, the neighbours of the idyllic village descend en … more →
wrote 5 days ago: Reading Barbara Delinsky novels are always a wonderful treat for me. I go into it knowing it’s going … more →
wrote 6 days ago: They say that women can have it all and actually the constant striving for and failure of having it … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m happy. In over three years of maintaining this blog, I think that’s the most courage … more →
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wrote 1 month ago: All You Could Ask For is the before and after stories of three women who are connected by the fact t … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Can I make some friends that don’t have vaginas or what? I think we all transcend labels of f … more →
wrote 1 month ago: She’s sucking her thumb! I am now 23 weeks pregnant (5.28964 months)! My thoughts continue to … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Girls weekends are quite a phenomenon these days. They are a chance to get away from the husbands, s … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Hollywood offers an alternative version of the single girl in the film No Strings Attached. Emma Kur … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Too often women are pitted against each other in fiction. It’s actually pretty rare that we get to s … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The first few days back from a long trip are always the trickiest for me. Mentally, physically and e … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Shootings in Chicago make national news. Snow kindness does not. It rarely even makes local news, ex … more →
wrote 2 months ago: A while ago I was talking to my husband about our friendship. We discussed my frustration with him a … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The Supremes, as they call themselves, have been friends since girlhood. Everyone in the southern In … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Once upon a time, two women in their late sixties met at church and soon became friends. Letty is no … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Dear the man from a few nights ago (the one who clearly liked my friend and was persuaded by his rat … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The Road Trip Day Two January 27, 2013 We awake to sunrise over t … more →
wrote 4 months ago: (Project Gutenberg e-books, originally published 1880 / 1870) I read these two books back in 2011, h … more →