A day or two ago I got an email from Amazon reminding me 1) that Valentines’ Day is almost here, and 2) suggesting I “celebrate the holiday with the gift of a great book” from their Valentine’s Day store. Oh Amazon, you’re usually so right-on with your book recommendations that pique my interest and lure… Continue reading valentine reads
Well, it’s here. Valentine’s Day, or as many singles prefer to call it – Black Tuesday. It might possibly be the most dreaded day on the entire calendar for singles without a significant other, though it’s really become rather an over-sexualized, consumer-oriented and manipulatively-hyped “holiday.” Me? I try to just to focus on the positive,… Continue reading so it’s valentine’s day
Lots of good thinking going on out there about Valentine’s Day, being single and, well… sex. Take a look. True Woman blog posts some thoughts by Carolyn McCulley on other ways to spend a Valentine’s Day than maybe feeling sorry for oneself. The frank and insightful Susan Isaacs discusses how single Christians can express sexuality… Continue reading more valentine’s thoughts
Well, it’s just one week until Valentine’s Day. Dating/married men: this is your heads-up to remember the card/flowers/chocolate/dinner reservations. You should know that: “The average man plans to shell out more than twice as much ($158.71) as the average woman ($75.79) – perhaps suggesting men are ignoring the ‘it’s the thought that counts’ sentiment this… Continue reading better off single for valentine’s day
You probably thought this would be another post about me. But no, “Unemployed Girl” is actually a painting by a Russian artist in 1904. Kazimir Malevich painted several other studies of women at work (or not working, as the case may be). Clearly, she’s taken herself to the park in the afternoon for some soul… Continue reading unemployed girl
It’s been an entire week since I blogged. My life, flexible and unstructured though it may currently be, was waylaid by the failing health of my cat. But before you label me another pathetic single woman with a cat and click over to some blog full of relevance or breathless optimism, let me clarify. 1.… Continue reading jerry & the storms of life
There seem to be lots of blogs providing the single, Christian female perspective on all things church and culture (see my sidebar for a few). Now some single, Christian guys are writing from the male perspective. They’re thoughtful, and wonderfully transparent (Top 5 Lines Christian Guys Dread to Hear,) and rather romantic (Lost in the… Continue reading the singlextianguy blog
Since Valentine’s day is all about wine and roses and chocolates for romantically involved couples, it’s nice to know there’s something special for… the rest of us. Despair Inc. brings us Bittersweets® – The Valentine’s Candy for the Rest of Us. “For most, there is no crueler day of the calendar year than that of… Continue reading a bittersweet valentine’s
It’s there… looming. Oh yes, the Superbowl hype and parties and such allow you to ignore it this weekend, but then there it is, blocking out all light on the horizon. What singles refer to as “Black Sunday.” Couple of suggestions. First, you may warily consider seeing the movie Valentine’s Day with its “all-star ensemble… Continue reading valentines planning
Here’s an interesting blog post reviewing an article about why women are finding it harder to find Mr. Right. Theories range from women who are too highly educated for the average beer-drinking Joe (yes, we could all be happily involved if our only criteria was pants), to a scientific phenomenon known as “operational sex ratio.”… Continue reading mr. right gone wrong
