Monthly Archives: April 2009

Turning on new jeans

For the past few months, her trusty old pair of jeans weren’t fitting right. These two went way back. They’d been together for 6 years, almost as long as her relationship with him. They had been getting shorter and tighter … Continue reading

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Spring fever

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Vital signs

You know that awkward moment when you know someone wants to kiss you, but you really haven’t opened that door? Unfortunately, the puckering ‘they’ thinks the door is open. When the best thing they could do is knock first… or … Continue reading

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Zen & the art of letting go

She needed to play more frisbee, she decided.

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Limits of eternal sunshine

She saw him as she was leaving the post office while finishing up her errands for the week. He was in ‘their’ old car, the sexy black one with the turbo. She was surprised to see him drive by and … Continue reading

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Heart to heart

She stood along the wall of the tiny dance studio and, as always, was immanently amazed at the yin-yang dynamic lessons inherently at play in the dance of tango. Tonight’s class was no different as she listened to her instructor … Continue reading

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Score

She picked up the book on personality chemistry at play in finding and building relationships, she took the test. She was NEGOTIATOR/builder-explorer-director. She was Libra rising according to Vedic astrology, a Scorpio rising in western astrology, an ENFP on the … Continue reading

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Playing the field

“Well, did you get his number?!” he asked, excited for her progress at getting out to be seen, editing the ‘crush status’ list and perhaps finding a new one to add to the list. “No!” she laughed. “I was playing … Continue reading

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To top it off

The clerk was chatty tonight at the organic grocer. As he pulled her pineapple through the checkout, he asked: “Do you want to keep the top on?” She smiled, knowing the apt reply. “No,” she said. “You can take my … Continue reading

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