One of the many things I discuss at length in my forthcoming memoir (LEARNING TO SUBMIT, out January 3, 2013 from Gotham Books) is how I learned to trust the cowboy to be in charge — and bit by bit, let him. Few things in my life have been as liberating to my spirit as [...]
On Leading Cows, Cowboys, and Marriage
May 14, 2012 21 Comments
Okay. So I tried to understand what the cowboy was telling me about “leading” cows as opposed to “pushing” them…his symbolic way of trying to give me advice about how best to approach independent cowboys like him when you want them to do something like, oh I don’t know, marry you. Here’s an email he [...]
Victories & Commitment
April 27, 2012 2 Comments
Amazing. One day after I posted about the Dept. of Labor’s bill seeking to ban children from participating in work on farms and ranches, the department announced it had withdrawn the bill and would not reintroduce it. I’m glad Labor Secretary Hilda Solis heard the outcry from rural families about how damaging such a law [...]
20 Things I’ve Never Heard a Cowboy Say
April 5, 2012 21 Comments
1. I think I’ll sleep in today. 2. Give me the skinny latte. 3. Where’s the nearest sushi bar? 4. You know, beans and rice together are a perfect protein. 5. Do these Wranglers make me look fat? 6. Ew, poop. 7. I need an umbrella. 8. That poor bull. 9. I prefer Toyotas myself. [...]
7 Tips For Catching and Keeping a Cowboy
April 4, 2012 22 Comments
So you think you might have a thing for cowboys, huh? Yeah, me too. Well, one cowboy anyway. My first cowboy. And with any luck, my last. As a city girl new to the whole cowboy culture, I’ve had to learn a lot, and fast, in this whirlwind year of getting to know the type. [...]
Womanly Wednesday – Is The Pill Making You Pick Icky Guys?
March 28, 2012 2 Comments
I’ve never been a big fan of the birth control pill. I took it for a short time when I was younger, and hated the way it made me feel. I remember telling my doctor I couldn’t deal with it because I felt like the pill disconnected me from myself. I couldn’t write. I felt [...]
Moments at the Ranch
March 26, 2012 2 Comments
It is Monday, which means I’m back in the city, in my townhouse, where life is on full throttle, where I squeeze what i can into the minutes I’m given — all the duties of a full-time stay-at-home mother, but with the added work of a full-time author and part-time blogger. Right now, I’ve got [...]
Random Saturday – Do Men Like Cuddling As Much As Women Do?
March 24, 2012 7 Comments
Interesting. The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research has a study out that shows men like to cuddle just as much if not more than women, particularly in long-term relationships. Men who reported cuddling were 12 percent more likely to also report being happy in their relationships, according to the institute. But some people — okay, [...]
The Bible Got It Right About Men & Women
March 18, 2012 5 Comments
In Genesis, The Bible says that men and women hold equal worth, but are different by design and made to complement one another. That, in a nutshell, is what my forthcoming memoir is all about, though I’d like to point out that I draw upon a variety of spiritual teachings as well as evolutionary biology [...]
3 Things I’ve Been Wrong About Lately
1. It was wrong to think I could put a “fun little post” on this blog about how SOME things were better in “the old days”. I should have known it would be difficult for SOME people to read the word SOME and take it to mean, well, SOME. I should have known that if [...]