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Kenwood CA. ~ In my mid- thirties, after a divorce, I had a reading with an as- trologer who said, “Yup,” you’re going to have a second mar- riage—says so right in the chart.” Ha Ha. If by some miracle I should meet a suitable candidate from the
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opposite sex, I would never live with him! I loved getting up in the morning, charged with positive energy, not having some alien being’s gloomy cloud hanging over my head. Who needed to be sad- dled down with all the domestic non-perks:
the meals, the cleaning which
mysteriously doubles once Mr. Right(!?) sets foot in the house, the squabbles, the—ugh—fi- nances. This little clam was functioning quite happily in her own shell and didn’t need any big hairy hands trying to pry her open. Time passed and amidst
many false starts and prickly exchanges, I did meet Marc, a surprisingly decent man. He didn’t bluster about carrying a lead-filled balloon of ego, de- mand soothing attention, was funny, considerate, and easy to get along with. Perfect—let’s keep it that way! Allowing each other lots of independence and space, we had a great relation- ship for two years with me liv- ing in Kenwood while he rent- ed a house four blocks away. Meanwhile my daughter had moved to Germany with her family and the house was too small for their yearly visits. I decided to add two extra ad- joining bedrooms with bath- rooms to the house. With all that space it kept occurring to us how expensive it was for Marc to be paying rent and utilities on his own rental. We could use that extra money to take adventurous trips around the world. After many discussions and imaginings, Marc moved in— and we had three fights in the first three days!
Day One: He didn’t appre-
ciate my practicing the piano at 7:00 a.m. even though I’d pushed the time forward from 5:00 am just to be considerate. Day Two: I complained about lights he left on in the sections of the house that weren’t being used. He didn’t feel it was cus- tomary in these modern times to live in a cave. Day Three: I was flabbergast-
ed when he walked out of the room when in the middle of one of our tiffs. “Where are you go- ing,” I demanded, trailing him. “What do you mean,” he coun- tered. “We’re in the middle of an argument,” I argued. “I thought we didn’t agree and were finished,” he said. “No, a healthy argument is when you stay and resolve all the issues.” “Now, you’re saying we need to have healthy arguments.” And so it went —but our
dynamics began to settle and eventually harmony was re- stored to our little bucolic Ken- wood life. Now when Marc has to leave
on Thursday nights for his or- chestra rehearsal and returns at the awful hour of 10:30 pm, I flop about like a gasping fish— lonely and anxious, waiting for my man to come home.
PS. You guessed it—six years later we were married—just like the stars ordained!
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Toothbrush bristles were originally made from cow hairs. There’s no need to worry – modern toothbrushes use nylon bristles.
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Hair can grow anywhere on the human body with the exception of the palms of hands, soles of feet, eyelids, lips, and mucous
membranes.
The scientific term for split ends is “trichoptilosis.”
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