I have a little Bah Humbug to purge. I need to stick a finger down my psyche and get it all out of my system. You’ll hold back my hair, …
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When the ninth life ends
For the first time in nearly 14 years, there’s no kitty greeting me at the door after work. No kitty alarm clock meowing at the first hint of dawn. No …
Twenty years as the Express editor, and nothing but crickets
October 19 has come and gone. Very quietly, I might add. Twenty years at the Winters Express, people. That was my anniversary. Where was the big party? The boss singing …
Look at what I found stuffed in the back of my lingerie drawer
It was just an average, random morning on Facebook, sharing funny but grammatically challenged cartoons and videos of dogs on trampolines, and whipping up pointless arguments with people I neither …
Putting the ‘loon’ in Lunesta
“I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind… There was something so pleasant about that place… Even your emotions had an echo in so much space… …
Of vulvas and vaginas
When I saw the title, “Your Ugly Vagina is Normal & Gorgeous” on the Elephant Journal website, I had to click. I was expecting some sort of exploration of vaginal …
American Idiocracy
So, I couldn’t bear to listen to Mai Fasai on the local morning news because her voice does to my ears what police sirens do to a dog’s, so I …
Would you take a little walk with Cathy and me?
Wanna take a walk with me? Well, virtually, anyway. The Walk to Defeat ALS takes place on Saturday, Oct. 6, in West Sacramento. As is the case every year, I’ll …
Mammograms? How about checking for heart disease?
If you’re an American female and over the age of 40, chances are that getting regular mammograms is part of your life. And if it isn’t – it should be! …
Black cars — the key to cutting our dependence on fossil fuels
Forget hybrids, forget electric, I know how we can end our dependence on foreign oil and cut air pollution in half as well. And even if you aren’t interested in …