by Lisa Bain | Mar 3, 2023
As I’m writing this, my dog Jake is undergoing minor surgery to have a large growth removed from above his eye. I say “growth” because it’s a less scary word than “tumor”—though the vet thinks it’s certainly cancer, given how fast it’s growing. “Hard to say how much...
by Lisa Bain | Jan 24, 2023
I have something to confess: Despite the fact that I’ve been self-identifying as a feminist ever since I became a charter subscriber to the new Ms. magazine back in middle school, I still think of certain household chores as “boy jobs.” Or at least, that’s...
by Lisa Bain | Sep 30, 2022
I was 48 when I began hot-flashing, and they hit me like a burning sledge hammer about four or five times an hour throughout the day. Wham! I’d slip off my sweater and flick on the little fan under the desk in my office. Shiver! The sweat cooled down, and, clammy and...
by Lisa Bain | Dec 24, 2021
Editor’s note: We like to republish this Christmas story every year because the message is such an inspiration–a bit of holiday magic that is especially welcome this year. *** On the first Christmas I spent with my then-boyfriend Bill, two holiday...
by Lisa Bain | Mar 13, 2021
I was walking down a busy New York City street recently when I saw something that punched me in the gut: a young woman in her early 20s looking for a taxi and lugging a large black artist’s portfolio. There was nothing about her that should have caused such a...
