Category Archives: odds and sods
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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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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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jew-ish: the life and times of a one-sixteenth jew
Posted on October 30, 2013 by nikki in family, odds and sods, politics and religion, unexpected adventures.I am one-sixteenth Jewish. It’s funny to say it like that, but that’s what it comes down to on the family tree. And, I guess that’s how much Jewish I feel. One-sixteenth. How exactly does that translate? Most of the time I don’t feel Jewish, but I don’t feel not Jewish either. I feel Jewish-ish. […]
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pooches and pot
Posted on October 7, 2013 by nikkimeredith in dogs, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.Every week brings news of yet another way dogs help humans. We’ve know for a while they can be excellent detectives – diagnosing melanoma with their noses, sensing dangerous blood sugar fluctuations in diabetics and discerning imminent seizures in epileptics. People with dogs are generally healthier – after acquiring a pooch they exercise more, their […]
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