Where have all the cold winds gone?
I need it to snow this year. I need to feel the cold flakes melt on my skin and tramp through dirty slushy sidewalks. You see, I’ve become seriously concerned about the moderate temperatures we’ve had this year. Where have all the cold winds gone? And why was I cheated from a blisteringly hot summer in DC this year? Anyone who has lived in DC for the last several years DC will admit, the weather has been wonky these last few weeks. It was so warm on several days that my neighbor felt compelled to turn on his air conditioning, he told me. For my part, I insisted on bringing my coat with me — in a futile atte

Review: “When everything changed,” a great refresher on how women’s lives, rights have changed
I’m generally not one to go and read books about the women’s liberation movements but Gail Collins’ “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present” has become a book that I’ve reveled in reading.

A busy month
I’m not sure how I let a month go by without posting something on my blog, well actually I do know why. I’ve been busier than ever. And yet in the middle of the chaos that is my life, I had something wonderful happen. I met a guy at a place and time when I wasn’t looking, at the Renaissance Festival in Maryland, of all places.  And over the last several weeks, through dates and long phone conversations and a hell of a lot of texts, I’ve grown to really like him and Ernie and I are now in an exclusive relationship. But first: the chaos and unnecessary drama In the last month I’ve traveled to Colorado, Californ