The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: relationships

  • The Ice Cream Paradox

    Coffee ice cream is my kryptonite.

  • Later Love

    I’m a 54-year-old woman, so I come with accessories.

  • In-Betweeny Times

    Keep your options open.

  • Discouraging

    How dare you?

  • The Depth and Breadth of a Virtual Life

    When you meet someone in a virtual world, you really, really meet them.

  • What a Difference a Person Can Make

    You never know when someone will take your outstretched hand.

  • An Atmospheric Shift

    Some connections are every bit as precious as the air that you breathe.

  • The Sacred and Mundane in Relationships

    A friend of mine used that phrase in one of her recent Facebook posts, and I immediately thought it would make a great title for one of my blog posts. I’m very relationship-focused at the moment, having just started a new one. I really, really want to get this right, so I’m putting a great…

  • The Ingredients of Happiness

    It always comes as quite a shock when someone famous commits suicide. Hearing on the radio that Anthony Bourdain chose to take his own life nearly caused me to swerve off the road. This is someone I’ve envied. He got to travel. He had crazy experiences and met fascinating people. He won countless awards. No…

  • A Plethora of Routines

    Most of us have routines that allow us to go on autopilot from the moment the alarm goes off in the morning. (Some people even wake up seconds before the alarm. I can’t decide if I envy them or not.) We all have our ways of getting ready to face the day. The thing is,…