This Part of the Journey (or, Closing Doors?)

The Single Girl is out to stretch her Single legs for a while and revisit the begrudgingly familiar intersection of Life Lane and Career Path. The Single Girl is actively trying to make her next career move. An opportune lunch recently gave me a glimpse into Big Law Firm life. I haven’t necessarily wanted to [...]

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Technicolor, Revisited (or, A Hue Job)

After more than a month, I am still contemplating colors. This time, though, I sit back and survey the occupational relations. How did it come to be that: scrubs are primarily robin’s egg blue? and for that matter, doctor’s lab coats are white? or the chef’s coat and toque? prison jumpsuits are orange? (okay, so [...]

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Career Path (or, A Modern Conundrum)

Once upon a time, and then for many generations, and not so long ago, it was sort of a given that once a couple got married and conceived, the woman would “give up” her “career” to stay home and rear the children. (*I use career loosely there because for so long, women were directed toward [...]

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Relationship Rant #2 (or, Happily Until Then)

Part.2 (of 2) could not have been better scripted in the order of the cosmos. Thank you, Kim Kardashian, for your remarkable timing ending your 72-day marriage this week. You have hit home this meditation for me. Well, I’d still like to take a stab at it, I think. Borax box, at the ready. 3 [...]

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A Turn of Fortunes (or, Hot Mamas)

By and large, I am still the Single Girl. Which means, therefore, that I am at my own devices for supporting myself financially here. (Read: blessed with full-time employment that can support (most of) my lifestyle). So, with that background in mind, envision my recent observations. Or, as one quirky high school math teacher used [...]

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