Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your…. Dang! I knew I should have gotten those hair extensions at Bubbles. Shoulder-length hair just won’t do when you’re trying to escape an unfavorable living situation. I often feel I live the modern-day version of the classic Grimm fairy tail Rapunzel. But instead of being trapped in a tower, I live in [...]
Monday, August 31, 2009
Is dating a younger guy like taking an entry level job at, say, McDonalds? Ann’s been giving that notion a lot of thought lately as she ponders her full-time employment options and dating possibilities now that she’s broken up with a mature individual who was clearly a professional. [At least she thinks it was a breakup. [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Having sex by yourself isn’t any fun. Okay, maybe for a brief moment, but there’s never any feedback. I feel the same way about being self-employed. Toiling away in my basement apartment as I write Girl On the Brink, it’s just me, the crickets, and a grouchy ex husband. They—meaning the crickets—are in season now, as [...]
Thursday, June 25, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: I wrote this entry in March but was too embarrassed to post it. I took this trip soon after my boyfriend broke up with me. What do you do when you’re in your 50s, got less than $20,000 in retirement, $500 in the bank and credit cards near their max? Why, you buy a [...]
Friday, June 12, 2009
I’ll be off today on one of my many glorious unemployment trips. This time to, flick your Bic please, Waco, Tex. Yes, the home of (and doesn’t this jump into your mind) religious sect leader David Koresh and his burning ranch of fire. Koresh died along with many of his followers when the FBI sieged his [...]
Friday, May 29, 2009
Sometimes I fantasize about being D.B. “Dan” Cooper, the man who hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971 and parachuted from the plane with $200,000 in ransom and just disappeared. It’s the only unsolved hijacking in the United States (still active with the FBI). Vanished without a trace, poof. In my fantasy, the amount is considerably more [...]
Monday, May 11, 2009
Oh, boy. I found a new confidence builder: amateur burlesque. Read this one in The Washington Post. Anything, I say, to get noticed builds my confidence. When I’m the center of attention, I feel like a man—in control. Mind you, I don’t think I’d ever have the nerve to do it, take off my clothes. [...]
Sunday, April 26, 2009
On the media boats, taking in the sailboats on Saturday morning—kickoff to Antigua Sailing Week.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Low clouds push over the mountains of Guadeloupe this morning. The anchor is dropped until we begin the ocean race back to Antigua, the first in the ocean series race during during Sailing Week. A crew of 14, my photographer and I sailed from Falmouth Harbor the night before on Sojana, a Farr designed 115-foot [...]
Friday, April 24, 2009
Girl On the Brink Adventure [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Antigua Sailing Week Theme Song: Maroon 5’s My Ocean Blue
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