I’m on record as not liking the traditional alpha male much. To me, these are the guys in eighties romances who hate all women except for the heroine, and she has to prove herself worthy. But now we’re hearing about beta males, and you’d think I’d really like them. But no. I must confess, they […]
I recently finished reading Karen Abbott’s American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee. It’s one of those historical biographies that includes a healthy dash of something approaching fiction (e.g., Abbott recreates Gypsy’s last thoughts as she’s rushed to the hospital in an ambulance). I enjoyed it—sort of. It’s […]
A couple of months ago, the DH and I decided to look into long-term care insurance. A relative of his had had a medical crisis and ended up in an assisted living facility. The costs would have been ruinous had she not had the insurance to pay for it. The insurance agent came to our […]
