I’d done this once before: hooked myself up to ropes and carabiners and attempted to scale an indoor rock climbing wall. After that first class I thought perhaps I’d do it again–not for exercise mind you, but for the sculpted arms and flat stomach I’d always dreamed of. Unfortunately, rock climbing requires two people. And…
Category: Dating
The Matchmakers of Asheville
She came up to me at the end of class, congratulated me on how well I’d done, and then said, “I have a personal question for you.” “Okay,” I said. “Are you dating someone? Or married? Or single?” “I’m single,” I said, realizing where this was going. “Well, I promise you I was paying attention…
Smoking Hot
In the junior high cafeteria, I sat alone every lunch period. I knew no one and no one seemed interested in getting to know me. I had braces, no fashion sense, and a body that was all out of proportion. I ate my lunch as fast as I could without making eye contact, then stuck…
Weddings – Thankfully, Not My Own
I’m not one of those girls who has always imagined what my wedding day would be like. In fact, I haven’t thought much about it at all. But I’ve been present for the stress and cost of plenty of weddings – so much so that I’ve told my mother for years that my wedding will…
An End and A Beginning
This time last year I took two weeks to drive from Hyde Park, NY to Brasstown, NC. It was the start of my self-imposed sabbatical year. My destination was the John C. Campbell Folk School. There I would spend four months as a Student Host doing a work-exchange program that allowed me to take…
On My Way!
I had a purely joyful day cleaning out a closet yesterday. I know this is not normal. But neither am I. As many of you know, I love to declutter. What do I love more than decluttering my own life? Helping other people declutter theirs. But yesterday it was on my home turf. It all…
The Eharmony Experiment
NB? What does that stand for, I thought to myself as I perused my latest eharmony “match.” Did they seriously try to set me up with someone from New Brunswick? As is Canada? As in north of Maine?! Yes, they did. It’s a “flex match” they tell me. Yes, I’d have to be quite flexible…
How many dates does it take to meet your husband?
“Have you read this book yet?” I asked the clerk behind the counter at the used book store. I held up “Around the World in 80 Dates.” “No,” she said, “but it looks interesting.” I thought so, and for three bucks it was mine. It combined two interests of mine: travel and meeting men. I’m…
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