Category Archives: marriage

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  daddy’s home: how getting a dog can break relationship rules

  Posted on June 20, 2015 by nikkimeredith in dogs, marriage.

  I’d like to blame my husband for this deviant practice but, in truth, I started it. Even so, I think I can still blame him because the practice doesn’t bother him as much as it bothers me. In fact, it may not bother him at all but I’m too busy being bothered by it to […]

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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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