Kristen Houghton Despite the success of the Me-Too movement and the feeling that now we can put the blame squarely on the perpetrator where it belongs, placing blame on the victim is still the standard for too many people. I was the treasurer and board member of an organization called…

The Allure of the Cold Case Mystery There is nothing more intriguing to many readers than a cold case mystery. The details, the missed evidence, the old clues that fresh eyes might decipher; it’s all there for the reader. Putting all the old crime scene data together is similar to…

Steps to Let Go Letting go of a relationship is painful and getting over it can take more time than you realize if you are still unconsciously holding on. You will make the process easier on yourself if you can ‘let go’ of him as well as the relationship. And…

Sex, Murder, Infidelity, Surrogacy Gone Wrong! It’s all in the bible. “What are you reading?” my husband asks, seeing me deeply engrossed in the same book for two nights straight. “It must be good.” Oh it is, I tell him. It is a book about seduction, sex with multiple…

Reading is always a wonderful pastime in the best of times and in the worst of times it can be a literal mind-saver. As a high school teacher, I had always told my students that the one person they should really thank for an incredibly wonderful gift was the person…

“No matter how objective you want, or try, to be, every issue you see will be subjective. You carry with you all that has made you the person you are, your gender included.” So said the professor in a journalism class I took many years ago. In other words, what…

It makes perfect sense that a good relationship will enhance your happiness quotient. While love is still a potent factor in your decision to share your life with another person, friendship cannot be dismissed as a solid component of a healthy, happy relationship. Not all couples, married or not, are…

Relationships make up a large percentage of our daily lives and, no surprise here, people in healthy ones are more successful and happier than those in a relationship that is in constant turmoil. The relationship you have may indeed be poisoning your chances for living a personally successful life. If…

More and more people adopted pets during the enforced lock-down of the pandemic and it was a good thing — both the animals and for us. Besides giving us unconditional love, pets fill something, some primal need for connection to another species, that is vital to humans. Anyone who lives…