Prodigal Hope
image by 4028mdk09, wikimedia commons We’ve all felt it. The intense gravity of Life’s long, cold winters. The incessant pull of one bad break after another that obliterates the very memory of easy...
View ArticleWith This Moment
By Piper Bayard My teenage baby had her first life setback this week in the form of a blown out knee. Physically, her path will not be a mystery. Surgery, rehab, and a new talent for predicting the...
View ArticleWhich One Are You?
By Piper Bayard Do you ever get ticked off at the strangers around you for doing things you think are thoughtless, rude, or stupid? Yep, I do it, too. So today I’m going to fess up. I’m the one who...
View ArticleLooking Back at Fifty — You Can’t Fix Stupid
By Piper Bayard I turned fifty in 2013, and in my life, I’ve learned that growing old sucks. Small strains take months to heal, old wounds are new aches and pains, and where the young woman I was had...
View ArticleThe Pool Walker’s Creed
By Piper Bayard Long ago, Holmes and I discussed the fact that we’re no good to each other dead. As we age, we have to work a little harder at that not getting dead thing than we used to. So we agreed...
View ArticleSuccess Lessons from Parker the Drama Dog
By Piper Bayard Meet Parker. We got Parker from the Humane Society when I had a feeling there was a dog waiting there that would be a perfect fit for our family. Parker had been taken back twice...
View ArticleLife, Death, and the Sex License
By Piper Bayard Themes of death and birth, that cycle of apocalypse and renewal, surrounded me this week. A dear friend’s father died, a good soul who made the planet better by his presence. Another...
View ArticleMom’s Dating Tips — First Be Happy Alone
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard I’ve often posted dating tips on FB. This post is in response to friends there who have asked me to elaborate . . . “Seducing someone is almost as difficult as...
View ArticleBeauty Carved In Flesh and Blood
Piper Bayard Each year, the beautiful August McLaughlin orchestrates a celebration of women and beauty. Drop by her site this week at the Beauty of a Woman Blogfest V for prizes and tributes to the...
View ArticleThe End is Near (and we deserve it) . . . Zombie Bikini Babes Calendar
Coming to a morgue near you. The 2013 Zombie Bikini Babes Calendar. The Walking Dead Bikini Calendar, image from Facebook And you thought tan lines were a problem . . . Blogs and Articles in No...
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