Author Archives: nikkimeredith
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we’ve come a long way, baby. or have we?: is women’s sexuality a substitute for women’s equality?
Posted on November 29, 2014 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, odds and sods, politics and religion.I’ve been thinking about sex a lot lately and it all started when I read an account of an all girls circle jerk in a Manhattan Upper East side apartment. Okay, to be fair, as far as I know, no one but me is calling it a circle jerk. Jenny Block, a columnist for The […]
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the mother of my grandaughter’s mother: a grandmother’s quest to find the right name
Posted on September 2, 2014 by nikkimeredith in family, love of a mother, Mother-Daughter Relationships, pregnancy and childbirth.When my older sister announced her pregnancy, my mother announced, shortly thereafter, that she didn’t want to be called grandma, granny, gran or any variation of grandmother. I assumed it was because grandmother meant old and my mother, who had always shrouded her age in secrecy, didn’t want any clues to her age. She’d been […]
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i will never understand men: hard-wired attraction and the quest for companionship
Posted on June 24, 2014 by nikkimeredith in dating and breakups, friendship, health and beauty, science/research.My last memory of Jacob was on a bright, February day. The air had a crisp, astringent quality. We had just finished our monthly hike in the woods behind my house and we were having lunch at a local café. My dog, Alice, still panting from the hike, was tethered to his chair. He leaned […]
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knocking on doors while black: my neighborhood, my neighbors, my confusion
Posted on April 8, 2014 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, politics and religion, science/research.Last week, around noon on a weekday, a young African-American man knocked on my front door. He was there to talk me into signing up for AT&T high speed internet. As most people know AT&T and Comcast are fiercely competing for subscribers. He said he could save me a lot of money if I switched. […]
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can david hockney save my marriage?: one overly opinionated wife and her quieter husband
Posted on February 10, 2014 by nikkimeredith in family, marriage, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.When I first discovered David Hockney a couple of decades ago, his paintings thrilled me. I found the cobalt cerulean hues of his swimming pools irresistible and his particular rendering of the southern California light evoked a longing in me for my childhood. He once called that light extravagant and said it was one of […]
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