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Don’t Mess With Mama
I try very hard not to get discouraged with online dating. You never know when a smiley face might end up being the real thing. But I have standards. If someone is seriously seeking a partner, they’d include of photo with their profile. I get angry when someone contacts me and I don’t know how he
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Three Cats And A Dog
Last year, my daughter Elizabeth and I hosted a holiday dinner party. We had an eclectic group of about twenty at the Town & County Club in Hartford. During dinner, my friend Linda handed me an elaborately wrapped rectangular box. Smiling her feline smile, she wished me a Merry Christmas. I didn’t want to open
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Girls need their BFF’s. It’s a fact of life. We don’t always understand guys. I needed some help figuring out Philip. So I called my best friend, Mitzi. I met Mitzi at a bar while having dinner with my brother. The three of us began chatting and I discovered Mitzi was a writer. That was
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Date Night
By the end of May 2020, restaurants reopened for outdoor dining only. Philip asked me if he could take me out on a Saturday night. Wow. Such excitement. A real date. I worried that he’d want to stay overnight. I decided I’d deal with that later. Knowing me only via text, phone, a few meltdowns,