Intuition and trust

Please enjoy this guest blog is written by Tracey Pakstis, honorary Dirty Girl and fantastic friend, who has wisdom to share. Earlier this winter, the first real snowstorm of the season was [...]

12 gallons distilled water 2 boxes of Bagel Bites (family size) 1 box of taquitos 1 Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino That’s the “apocalypse” grocery list my 18 year old went to Target with this [...]

I stumbled into a piece of art that broke me down. Centering around the characters Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley, and Rei Ayanami, Evangelion explores the themes of childhood trauma and existentialism.

I always thought that as old ladies, we’d have two tiny lakeside cottages right next to each other, and would meet every morning in the garden with our big goofy dogs, drink coffee and continue [...]

The scene is out of a movie. A Tupperware lid, chewed up, a bottle of hand lotion, open and dripping, a box of tissue, shredded and a scattering of cough drops litter my office rug. At the center [...]

Straighten up Why can’t you straighten up? I’ve heard you tell me this So many times It doesn’t even stick I am staring down at my feet. There is a dusky white scuffing across [...]

It was not my proudest moment. The cloying air hung with stale perfume, faint sweat and an almost tangible dryness. Warm bodies were pushing against me as I shimmied my way against the tide. [...]

So. I’ve been trying to write this blog. I have five false starts of about 500 words and two whining journal entries.  It’s not writer’s block. It’s just not working. After several days of [...]

Are you ready for that awkward conversation with Aunt Cecilia? The intensity of the holidays is here. You are busy rushing about, preparing for family gatherings, work parties, cleaning house and [...]

“Those are it. She likes those.” He said it quite definitively. She squinted at him behind the Versace shades. “But she’ll need a few more minutes to admit it [...]