by Jackie Sanders I am 40. You’d never know it if you looked inside my soul. You’d think I was 23, maybe 26 at the most. No, the only giveaway is my face, my body. The changes don’t happen all at once, they’re gradual, hardly noticeable, until all of a sudden, they’re very noticeable. I…
by Wanda Medina In the heart of Soho, trendy designer boutiques and chicer-than-thou restaurants line blocks of cobblestone city streets, where a pulsating nightlife and bar scene keeps local and visiting hipsters, fashionistas and artists in festive spirits well past dawn. Slender, model-like women stroll in and out of shops accompanied by equally stunning men…
But the life of a news Diva isn’t all glam. It is rather more akin to that of the persevering fictional newswoman Mary Richards (AKA Mary Tyler Moore)—a Diva in her own right– who struck out independently and paid her dues. In real life, Moore received several Emmy’s for her role. Many of the brilliant…
by Esperanza Elena Rodriguez Searching for Self on I-5 This was all new to me: being alone, without a husband. I was 38 years old and what I thought would last forever did not. I found myself single and felt as though I had no identity of my very own. For the past twenty years,…
Her sweet, babbling voice calls me in the morning. I long for her chill on my neck and her wet kisses on my lips. The lovely Tuolumne whispers to me memories of stargazing and river rafting. Laurence came into my life at the Fillmore Jazz Festival, it was a random encounter between two people who…
Yesterday was rough. I like to eat and not eating all day took its toll. By 3 pm I had a bad headache, and even though I was not supposed to eat anything, I had to. So, at 6 pm I had a 1/2 cup of apple sauce and a cup of chicken broth. I…
by Stephanie Block You don’t think it’s possible, and I don’t blame you. An organized life? You’d need a magic wand, the storage space of ten men, and besides, don’t hanging files and folders kill trees? Save a tree; watch your life slowly drown in a sea of junk mail. Never fear, Emily Wilska is…