The American flag waving in the breeze has always evoked a maelstrom of emotions in me, and every year around this time, I feel it especially intensely. I am deeply grateful for having been born in this country. When I think of the atrocities that affect many people in other parts of the world on a daily basis – the violence, the genocide, the rapes – I can only be humbly thankful for having somehow...
Everyone has some idea of where she or he should be in life by a certain age. “By 30 I want to be in a committed relationship. By 35 I should have a six-figure income. By 40 I should have the career of my dreams and a family.” Often this timeline is informed by cultural and societal norms. We internalize pieces of it, and use it as a barometer for our own success or failure (often failure.) “Why...
We are living at a very exciting point in history. I say this in spite of all the terrible news one gets on the television and in the newspaper every day. (I mean, really, when in the history of humankind have there not been daily threats to one’s existence?) So aside from those inevitable concerns, I would say we live at a time of great opportunity. On the social front in this country, civil rights battles...
Layers are being shed, and we are all becoming more visible, blooming out from under our overcoats. Our minds and bodies are coming alive again, libidos percolating. Spring fever is in the air.
In our modern world, there is no shortage of ways to indulge in sex in one form or another. Images surround us; look up on a busy street and see billboards of half-naked hard bodies advertising the latest perfume or jeans....
Whether or not you believe in astrology of any ilk, I found it interesting to read about what the tiger of the Chinese zodiac represents: power, courage, passion and royalty as well as the feminine yin energy and the earth. Some sources say its bold stripes symbolize the balance between yin and yang. Yin qualities are usually described as slow, dark, soft, cold, wet, diffuse and receptive and are usually...
