Your first day back in the workforce after decades at home raising a family should not result in your ending up unconscious on the floor in the middle of the…
Denise Thiery
She was raised in a household where competitiveness meant who could get the biggest laugh from the rest of the family. Asa result, she has a blended sense of humor from both parents: Her father’s love of words and puns and her mother’s ability to make a risqué double entendre out of just about any statement or situation. In her free time, she belongs to a walking/hiking club and is a genuine tree-hugging nature freak. Given the current “me too” movement, she never hugs the tree without first asking its permission.
The heat that day had been so oppressive that the shower I took to try to cool off just increased the humidity in my house. I turned off the water…
Welcome to the season of overindulgence. ‘Tis the season for too much… everything.. And for some reason, the bulk of the planning, orchestrating, and cleaning up after the holidays falls…
Not everyone gets the appeal of the food/sex combo. At an outdoor BBQ, I was watching the neighbors play yard games when another observer asked me, “Do you play cornhole?”…
According to researchers, scents have a powerful effect on the libido. Years ago, the scent of a woman was apt to be roses, lilacs, lilies, or lavender. These days, it…
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. One in eight women will develop invasive breast…
When I decided to have a baby many years ago, I had no idea what I had signed up for. There have been more dips and dives, more heart-thumping, brain-rattling,…
I have no grilling skills and neither does my husband. I’ve tried the gas grill, the electric grill, and the standard charcoal briquette method. Everything I attempted to grill was…
Since time began, we women have been squeezing, manipulating, and repositioning our breast flesh to suit current societal preferences. Maybe Eve wasn’t reaching for an apple. Maybe she was trying…
My mom died last week, just 10 days before Mother’s Day. This is my first Mother’s Day as an orphan. I am in my 60s, but that’s the way it…
