A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
This post originally appeared at Sunnymegatron.com. When I was about 7 years old I accidentally heard my mother having sex. I stayed quiet as not to be discovered but had to keep listening out of sheer curiosity. At one point I heard her say in a whispery, trying-too-hard, bedroom voice “put it . . . […]
The typical grandmotherly descriptors do not apply to mine. Nanny wasn’t especially warm or tender-hearted; she was determined, hard-working, and unapologetic. She drank bourbon, smoked, and cursed like a sailor. To my delight, she had no qualms about telling my dad (her son-in-law) to eat his vegetables or comment that the pizza server would “make […]
All the girls in Mr. Frye’s fourth-grade class knew where the porn closet was at Heather Huff’s house. We often wound up at Heather’s on hot summer afternoons, slurping popsicles on the dusty porch while her mom Denise lounged on an old brown flowered couch with her greasy boyfriend Ron, eyes glazed and a smell […]
Memoir synopsis: Raised by an alcoholic mother and without a father, Jonna learned at a young age to put her needs on the back-burner. After her mother dies of cancer, she goes on a spiritual journey looking for enlightenment and a purpose for her life. Eventually, she ends up as a volunteer in the relief […]
Everyone has their personalized version of the stereotypical gingie, shaped by the media and cultural influences. Most of what I know about these sassy redheads was learned from the one gave birth to me; she taught me that gingies are indeed a force to be reckoned with. My Mother is quite petite and introspective, but […]
She might not remember where she put her car keys or how to check her voicemail, but she remembers the exact time you were born, how much you weighed, when you got your first tooth and what your first lovey was called. No one will ever know you like she does. From just a couple […]
I am very blessed to have a loving and supportive relationship with my mother. I can talk to her about anything, and she’s let me cry on her (phone) shoulder more times than I can count. There is one thing I don’t love so much though, and that is her psychic mommy abilities. My mom […]
Without getting into the probably-boring-to-a-stranger details of my upbringing, I will just say that my mom and I have not always had an easy relationship. I have always disdained those women and girls who say, “My mom is my best friend in the world.” They’re lying, for one thing, and they are delusional or perhaps […]
A journalist once asked Teri Fahrendorf what kind of beer she would be. “I told her I’d be Belgian saison. I’m not bitter or dark, I’m a little funky and summer is my favorite season,” she laughed. Teri is a long-time brewmaster, beer advocate, and president of the Pink Boot Society (PBS), an organization supporting […]
