Category Archives: Happiness

Do you enjoy your life?

I overheard a man asking this question of the woman next to him on a commuter train a year ago. The boldness of the asking contrasted with the gentle and sincere tone in which it was delivered. He managed to convey, to me at least, that he cared about the response he might receive.
The question [...]

(Re)Productive Years

The 70’s seemed to bring change for women. Choices. Marriage followed by reproduction was penultimate rather than ultimate. Many still reproduced (without partners, with female partners…) but more than every before, women produced (art, leadership, inventions, and so on). Even more revolutionary, women were choosing not to reproduce. For a brief time, there was a [...]