How to Tell What a Stranger (or First Date) Is Insecure About
A night-time walk by the marsh…full moon…fireflies…cat-tails. Photo by Lorna Tedder With most strangers, you can nod and be polite and never have to find out anything more about them, let alone where their insecurities…
The Ball’s in his Court?
Photo credit by Isobel T; creative commons license. I’ve been divorced long enough that few people tell me what to do anymore, or how to do it, or –heaven forbid—how to play the game. Maybe…
Attracting the Wrong Kind of People, and Why
Photo credit by -RobW-; creative commons license From the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and How I Fixed It I had a date with a man I…
Attracting a Happy Man (aka, the Craigslist Dating Experiment)
Why is this man trying to cut off his tongue with his fingers? Just another potential date from Craigslist…. Even more so than easy money, people want to use the Law of Attraction to attract…
Don’t Worry about People from Your Past
Photo credit by Corey Templeton; creative commons license “There comes a time in your life when you realize who will always matter, who does matter, and who never did. So don’t worry about people…
Is Everyone 85% Your Perfect Match?
Photo by toastyken; creative commons license. In the almost 4 years I’ve been divorced, I’ve been told repeatedly that I’m too picky. Last month, I was told that in an entirely different way…
These Men Are Gifts
Photo by Abhi Ryan; creative commons license. “In your search for love, you’ve helped a lot of people,” my daughter says as we walk along the fields of the farm in Georgia where we’ve evacuated…
My Generation Is from Another Country
“So,” he whispers over the phone in a voice like melted chocolate, “how long have you lived here?” I can imagine his eyes glinting in the starlight, darker than sin and even fuller, and…he has…
3 Nuggets of Truth: Secrets, Facades, and Doubt
Photo by sylvar; creative commons license. “Just watch what happens next,” my angels and spirit guides tell me. “Just watch how this all unfolds.” That whisper of intuition in my ear in the middle of…
Putting the Happily in Ever After
Photo by Euromagic; creative commons license I’ve really been paying attention to how most people tend to expect the worst and how some of the more positive and happy people I know either 1. …