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.
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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…
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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…
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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?”…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
