We were lounging in my daughter Rose's shared house in Halifax watching that reality show about women choosing their wedding dresses when one of the young college girls turned to me and asked me directly, “Did you cry when you chose your wedding dress”? I looked to my daughter with a query in my eyes … Continue reading Wedding Parties, Love and Honesty
Marriage
Dinner Table Manners
There is a myth circulating in present day media that all families who are any good, and any parents who have any control over their kids, will sit down and eat dinner together – whether they like it or not. And I am not sure I subscribe to that popular guilt trip – just as … Continue reading Dinner Table Manners
Marriage is like a nice old carpet
Who’s arguing anyway? My husband and I have been together for 27 years and are becoming our parents. We have plenty of good times, laughter and joy, but we argue too. Sometimes they are important arguments and sometimes they just end in “Oh, fuck off.”
Notes from a Sinking Isthmus 