Something to consider: a lot of people in the UK cannot afford dryers. We have to leave our sheets out on the line to get them dry. IT'S ENGLAND! IT RAINS! LOTS! Plus it takes hours to dry- so basically only do it Saturdays...if the weather is nice.

My father has Shawnee blood. He cannot grow a beard. My husband is a viking. Big bushy blond beard blooms after two days without shaving. My father is taller, broader, and probably stronger than my husband. But my husband's beard intimidates him horribly. It is both sad and funny. I cannot figure it out. I do love…

Cyprian Fountain is actually really beautiful. Birth place of Aphrodite...

Is it just me, or does baby Batman look like Hank Hill?

I am a practicing Christian and I have to say that I don't see a problem with a kid having an inspirational name. It is a complicated theological idea, but who knows- the kid might live up to it. There is a fabulous book by Alice Munroe called 'Who Do You Think You Are?' that depicts this judge's small-minded attitude…

I just read the bit about 'the yard' to my husband. He said, 'That's a bit optimistic, isn't it?'

I actually bought my wedding gown from this seller. The model I bought isn't up any more but then that was three years ago. When it arrived it was a little lighter in color than I wanted it to be, and there was a HIDEOUS ornament attached to the bodice, but I snipped it off with a pair of scissors, replaced it with my…

From the outside they often look fairly nice. Mine had architecture from the late 1800's, it was surrounded by farmland (which we worked- my first week there I baled hay until my hands bled. It was supposedly for discipline) a barn (where I was made to make calves into steer, milk cows for hours every morning, and…

And an education. That is what saved me- the knowledge that an education will get you out. And it will. You might be poor, and in a load of debt, but mentally you are free and that is worth it.

This is totally unsurprising to me. When I was in the orphanage rape was always your fault. If you fought, you got in trouble for fighting. If you took it, even with a shiv (or in one instance a steak-knife) at your throat you were asking for it. My husband gets angry at me for reading posts like this, because he…

This is just to say that 30-year-old Bethany is infinitely happier than 18-year-old Bethany. 18-year-old Bethany was a hormonal bag of misery. 30-year-old Bethany is a (multiply) published author in a good, stable relationship *getting it on with great frequency* who is enjoying a career that while new is flourishing…

Hey, I like the sex part. But it is very much like waking a small animal. Fascinating. Their genitals are so interesting.

That is exactly what my husband says.

It's kind of sweet, in a weird way.

And it is interesting because so much is connected to cultural perception of male beauty. For the Romans, a small, shapely penis was considered beautiful. A great big hairy man-stick was admittedly good for fertility but was viewed comically- something to make fun of. Hence the depictions of Priapus as a hilariously…

Is it weird that I enjoy looking at them when they are in this state? They are like a small, ugly/cute mammal: like a mouse or a hedgehog. Something to pet. Then- they grow! Run! Or, you know, have sex with it.

Thanks. She is ok now, she knows that we love her. But it did hurt her for a long time. She was very young.

Thanks. It was pretty awful.

Thanks! My first book is here:

Here Here! That is a much more succinct way of saying it!