Top 10 Cities for Single Women: #3, Nashville, TN

LIFE: Seeing Nashville included in SMW’s top three cities for single women may have you wondering how it ranked so high. Well, among other factors,  Nashville’s music scene, cultural attractions and bustling nightlife make it a fun place to live. To top it off, Nashville is a city steeped in a history. You can feel [...]

Top 10 Cities for Single Women: #1, Austin, TX

Austin earned its number one ranking by being in the top five of all but one of our criteria. While on our list includes two other Texas cities, arguably no state has three so different major cities in style, atmosphere and culture as Austin and its two bigger sister cities: Dallas and Houston. All three [...]

Top 10 Cities for Single Women: #2, Houston, TX

LIFE: Houston is a world-class city in every sense of the word. The city is blessed with great museums, incredible shopping opportunities, a great symphony, and all major league sports. The city has two notable drawbacks: First, not only can its sprawl remind you of LA but at times it’s traffic can, too.  Second, mild [...]

“It’s good, but…” Reflections on Rejection

Rejection.  Even the word itself conjures up images of arms pushing you out and away.  Lips curling in distaste.  Eyes averting to avoid meeting.  Backs.  It’s a nasty word.  A cold word.  A word we have all at least tasted at some point in our lives, if not at times been forced to feast upon. [...]

Telltale Signs of Nursing Home Abuse

It’s a loving adult daughter’s worst nightmare: She chose the wrong care facility for her elderly parent. Stories of  of abuse and neglect in nursing homes runs rampant. Your memories of the love and  nurturing you received by a mother who now has dementia, or a father who now has Parkinson’s, is at odds with [...]

CONTEST! Holiday Sex and the Single Girl

No doubt, a lot of crotchless panties will be tossed onto the mistletoe if the latest sex survey from Wet (http://www NULL.stayswetlonger NULL.com/), the intimacy product folks, is any indication. The survey reveals that more than 63% of participants said they are more likely to have sex during the winter holiday season –  in fact [...]

Holiday Flirting: Making It Count

Every mistletoe kiss begins with this ultimate fantasy: Your eyes meet across a crowded room, and it’s love at first sight….. Here’s the reality check: Slim. To. None. So, how do assure you’ll attract Mr. Right when you see him? Just follow these tips: Make eye contact. It’s true: the eyes are the window to [...]

A Summer in Europe by Marilyn Brant

It’s not where you go, it’s what you take back with you… On her 30th birthday, Gwendolyn Reese receives and unexpected present from her widowed Aunt Bea: a grand tour of Europe in the company of Bea’s Sudoku and Mahjongg Club. The prospect isn’t entirely appealing. But when the gift she is expecting — an engagement [...]

For NaNoWriMo Month! 30 Creative Writing Tips, over 30 Days

Yes, you can write a novel. All it takes is time, effort, and skill. Not to mention engaging characters, a great plot, and a satisfying ending. Oh, and did I mention a grab-readers-by-the-seat-of-the-pants opening line, on a killer first page, within a can’t-put-down first chapter? Easy, right? You won’t know until you try. I’m going [...]

Have Sex, Lose Weight: Here’s Why

You’ve gained 25 pounds and now your sexual desire has decreased. What do you do? Often this is the unfortunate case for many women and men; weight gain has increasingly become a negative factor as it relates to sexual drive and desire. On average, obese men and women report that they are significantly less sexually [...]

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