When Martina got to the restaurant, Emma was already there. They greeted each other with a hug. “Have you been waiting long?” Martina asked. “No. I got here about five minutes ago.” “I guess Antonia isn’t here as yet?” “No. Do you think we should wait for her at the table or wait out here?”… Read More The Ladies Have Lunch
Marius was at the museum with Ritta. She had persuaded him to go with her although he would have preferred to stay at home, in his room. He couldn’t stop thinking about Elspeth and pining for her. Several weeks had passed since he told her that he couldn’t see her any more. Walking away from… Read More At the Museum
Jason glanced at his watch. In a few minutes, he, Michelle and a few other colleagues would be heading out of the office to have dinner at Hong Kong Kitchen. He pulled on his jacket and then went over to his desk to power off his computer before locking his drawers. Michelle stood at the… Read More Dinner with the Group
“Why can’t your painting be beautiful like the rest of these?” Jonah’s mother demanded. “I’m not good at painting,” Jonah replied and was rewarded with a censorious look. “That’s because you don’t put much effort into it. How do you expect to be good at something when you don’t try hard enough at it? … Read More No Aptitude
Friends since they were children, Monica and Russell were inseparable. They went to the same schools and university and moved from Manchester to London after they graduated from university. Whenever people saw them together, they always assumed that they were a couple and they would quickly inform them, “We’re just friends.” They dated other people… Read More Venice
At the 2015 The Kennedy Center Honors on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, three great ladies–Carol King, Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno were among the five honorees. Cicely Tyson, at 90 looks as elegant as ever. She is best known for her role in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She was born in Harlem, New York City… Read More Three Legendary Ladies
Two women, worlds apart and living very different lives. Their worlds collided when Nazanin Afshin-Jam opened her email one afternoon and saw a message marked “Urgent.” Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and human rights activist. She is a former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up, and has been an advocate for human rights in… Read More The Tale of Two Nazanins
I remember when I used to use Liquid Paper like paint, smearing it over the mistakes I made making my pages look messy. I discovered today that it was a woman who invented this wonderful liquid eraser. Bette Nesmith Graham never imagined that she would be an inventor. She was a divorced mother, trying to support her young… Read More Bette Nesmith Graham
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