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• Dating in Mid-life: How to Measure Success?

  November 11, 2009

  • Re-entering the dating world after many years of coupledom is, well, odd.  When you first meet someone, you can feel the mental tape measures being whipped out. You're always wondering how you are measuring up.  Simultaneously, you are measuring up the other person.  It's like a garment workers' convention.When I was married, meeting new people was less complicated.  There was no ...
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• The Wizard of Oz on Acid

  October 14, 2009

  • It took me an embarassingly long to to time to realize that before hitting Oz, the Scarecrow already had true brains, the Tin Man a warm heart, the Lion courage, and Dorothy a home wherever she went. The realization came when I watched the film for maybe the third or fourth time. I was 18 and on acid.This was the second of about four or five acid trips I took in the 1980s while in college. I ...
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• Divorce: A Report from Earthquake Country

  September 16, 2009

  • Here I am in my new life. A life that six months ago I would not have imagined. But, as with earthquakes, I suppose the ground was quietly shifting at subterranean levels for years. When the quake itself happens, we are taken by surprise. It feels as though the earth's violent movement has come from nowhere. But, indeed, it was set into motion long ago by invisible pressure against the tectonic ...
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• Loving the Wrong (or Right?) Person

  May 13, 2009

  • Complementary Colors--my novel that comes out this summer--is about a straight woman who falls in love with a lesbian .It's about what happens in life when we--and others--suddenly see ourselves differently.Read Chapter One by clicking here.If you leave a comment on the Complementary Colors blog (click on the "Leave a Comment" link at the end of the chapter), you can win one of 3 signed ...
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