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Nick Melvoin – A Shard of Hope
I really thought I was done with ANYTHING to do with LAUSD. Then Nick Melvoin told me he was running for School Board, and a dart of hope came back to life inside me, like a leaf on a plant I thought...
View ArticleFiring the Dragon Lady
Today I fired the dragon lady who has run my department of Woulda Coulda Shoulda since the day I dropped out of college in 1970. It was just before the holidays when I decided, based on a full six...
View ArticleTo My Republican Girlfriends – From Brook Dougherty
If you’re floundering around looking for a reason to choose Hillary, here’s what I think: Have you ever had a friend whose husband cheated on her? Did you ever go through countless hours with her as...
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How to Talk to Men with Dogs
Handsome Boy You are walking one way, a cute man with a dog is walking the other. He can even be on the other side of the street. He is alone. Hmmm. The dog is cute too. You like dogs. “I love...
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Slip Dress
Slip Dress My mother’s downstairs apartment hangs like a dress in her closet waiting for me to grow into it. I sleep in her bed to become her. I remember things she said about men and making them...
View ArticleSame Hustle. Different Drugs.
The thing about your birthday is that it’s going to happen whether you learned anything the year before or not. So mine is happening. Right now. Today. At the start of my birthday month, I gave myself...
View ArticleThe Lady Shuffle
It says at the top of the page to “add media,” but I can’t because I dropped my phone in the toilet of the “ladies” room at Rusty’s Surf Ranch where Jay’s band the Weasels was playing last night. The...
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The Head Shot
Do you find it almost impossible to explain everything that you do while holding a wine glass in one hand and a chicken skewer in another? Do you have three different business cards, five Facebook...
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The Food Thing
Do you know that there is a whole new movement going on called the Body Positive Movement? Where was this when I was nineteen and 98 pounds? I was listening to the The Home Podcast last night, and...
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Millennial Angel
Our homeowners’ association informed us that the termite inspection would be Friday. I opened the door to three uniformed men at the crack of dawn. There was the boss, a guy in his sixties, then a...
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