He was 19 years old and touting all of the reasons why I should purchase a $1100 knife set. I couldn’t think of any. He had zillions. I am surprised we even met. He was a student distributor for a nationally known cutlery company, referred to me by a mutual friend and promised his presentation wouldn’t take more than an hour. Our first ...
Angry/Frustrated
The Day that changed the world
When I was a kid I dreamed that I would do something to change the world. I wanted to be one of the first female astronauts or I wanted to create a new type of math (I knew it would be called "subvision' but didn't get a lot further than that). Somewhere along the way I got an inkling that those things would never happen. Strangely, my ...
It’s just like Woodstock – but without the mud
Well....and probably without the drugs and rock and roll.....but I'm not making any promises. In early October, I and a zillion* other childless women (*numbers not confirmed yet) will descend upon Cleveland for the annual Not Mom Summit. The 2017 Not Mom Summit....yeah, one actually exists. For most of us who have been to a conference, we ...