At a dinner party once, my ex-husband (and if you know me, you know the unspoken rest of that sentence “who is still one of my best friends”) said, “Women do the real work.” He wasn’t talking about cooking or cleaning or yardwork -...

If you count up every instance of utterance in the past seven days, you will find that I have said “testicle” and “vagina” more times in this past week than I have in my entire life. (And I am not, in even the slightest way, what you wo...

I know, I know, the title’s a little corny. But a muse is someone who inspires, and that is exactly who this blog is about... Well, my extraordinary friend, Patti, and her team of extraordinary friends -- including Susan, Vicki, Jean, Theresa, J...