Lately, there’s a lot of talk about cultural differences between groups. In the Facebook group of expats (immigrants) people often use “it’s the culture” as an argument for accepting things that people don’t like. This can make sense, for instance, if someone is having a party they might not invite people until a day or two beforehand. If you arrive at that party at the stated time, you often will be the only person there besides the hosts. If you try to leave the party at midnight or 1am you will be invited to have one more chela, just one more. After you drink that you will be invited to…

So, I will be sixty this year. Which is unbelievable in so many ways, that I have to repeat the cliche that “I don’t feel my age, at all.” Unfortunately, the body starts to remind you that a) you should have been doing those damn Kegel exercises more consistently and b) you can start doing them now, but the tide is against you! It is true that I am only now experiencing the end of my periods. I know, I know, everyone else is long over theirs, so I know I will survive. But, the urgency to pee and the inability to stop that urgency when you are opening the…