Ode to Helen Gurley Brown: R.I.P., Sexy!
Helen Gurley Brown died today. Here’s a re-print of a post I wrote about her earlier this year: Helen Gurley Brown turned 90 this past February 18. I discovered her when I was a teenager and became...
View ArticleSpinsterlicious, The Book! What’s a Single Woman To Do?
I’m very excited to announce that my book –The Spinsterlicious Life: 20 Life Lessons for Living Happily Single and Childfree– is now available on Amazon! To give you a little taste of what it’s like,...
View ArticleMy Favorite Life Lessons
This blog post is all about adages, axioms, mottos, life lessons –some are cliched, all are true. There’s an old expression that “youth is wasted on the young.” I heard it all my life and...
View ArticleMaking Adventure Part of Your Routine
I think it’s important –from time to time– to do something outside your normal routine, out-of-the-ordinary, something a little adventurous. Here’s a story about one of my favorite adventures:...
View ArticleWhat Should a 20-Something Woman Know?
Last week, I was interviewed by a dynamic young woman, Julie Miller, who has a blog targeted to women in their 20s, called Life2PointOh. She asked me what advice I would give to 20-something year old...
View ArticleDivorce Envy
Sometimes I am jealous of divorced women. Oh, not for the reason you might think; not because they’ve had at least one husband and I’ve had none. I feel jealous of divorced women because they have more...
View Article(Why) Is “Spinster” A Four-Letter Word?
I am a single woman with no kids. I’ve been that way all my life. It’s by choice, so it’s a fine place to be. Eons ago, I would have been called a spinster. Or an old maid. Old Maid sounds much too...
View ArticleA Spinsterlicious Summer
I love warm weather. I feel like I really come alive once I don’t to put on a coat over a sweater over a thermal undershirt. In the winter, it takes a lot to get me out of the house. In the...
View ArticleIgnorant About the Ways of Marriage
Being a single, never-married babe, I admit that there are many things about marriage that I just don’t know or understand. Like how I could have been expected to pick one guy, one, and stay with him...
View Article“Travel Tips” Tuesday: Lori’s Cuba
My friend, Lori, and I have an ongoing lighthearted disagreement about being single. She likes to say “I’m not Spinsterlicious because I don’t like being single.” I always laugh because whether she...
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