Category Archives: odds and sods

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  conversations with drivers

  Posted on December 6, 2011 by nikki in odds and sods, unexpected adventures.

  I could write a whole book about my conversations with drivers. Most of them have been in long, pot-holed sections of bandit roads in Sub-Saharan Africa sitting shotgun as my local driver expertly navigated a Land Cruiser between the ditches on either side of the road. A lot of funny, tragic, harrowing, familiar and confusing […]

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  mother-daughter relationships: then and now

  Posted on November 7, 2011 by nikkimeredith in family, Mother-Daughter Relationships, odds and sods.

  Image via Couture Allure Easter Sunday. I’m 10 years old.  While other families are attending Easter sunrise services at the Hollywood Bowl, my family is in my father’s Buick heading to Rand’s Roundup in Hollywood – a restaurant billed as an urban chuck wagon.    I’m clutching my Easter basket – my brother is 14 and […]

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  top ten things for guys to avoid in their online dating profiles

  Posted on October 24, 2011 by nikki in dating and breakups, odds and sods.

  1. Don’t use a profile photo of yourself where it’s pretty clear you’re naked. As a general rule, wear a full set of clothes in the photos. Unless you want random late night Craigslist hookups. If that’s the case, then go right back to the bathroom and take a few more self-portraits. 2. Don’t include […]

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• the botoxed heart

  Posted on September 26, 2011 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, odds and sods.

  My husband wouldn’t smile at me. To be fair, he, more accurately, couldn’t smile at me. He was hit in the mouth with a hockey stick and required stitches both inside and outside. He’s a long time hockey player so over the years he’s had many injuries – this wasn’t even close to the worst […]

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