So Long for Now

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:39:05 -0700

My Dear Neighbours: It's time for me to take a short holiday from blogging. I want to spend a few weeks catching up with everyone in my neighbourhood whose blogs I haven't had time to read in the past few months, as I've been so busy with writ...

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Anahata

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:10:22 -0700

Sleepy Hollow, Northern California. “What a perfect place for a writer to live,” I thought, when I moved here almost five years ago. And I did get a lot of writing done, when I wasn’t in my garden, that is. Our house is surrounded by woods an...

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Love is Mortifying the Second Time Around

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:23:57 -0700

My husband Pete and I will be celebrating our anniversary in just a few more days. It’s not the first marriage for either of us. And when people asked me what it was like to fall in love again after a twenty-year marriage and painful divorce, ...

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We're Not Powerless

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:03:11 -0700

In 2002, the man I love lost his 19-year-old son to a car crash. Six months later, I had to face the growing evidence that yet another beloved family member was suffering from a mental condition which was causing him and those who loved him a g...

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Defining Days of My Life

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:41:28 -0700

Age Two- I wanted to go to my uncle’s wedding. My parents left me with my grandmother on my father’s side. I didn’t know her as well as I knew my other grannie, so I cried and cried. When my mother phoned to check on me and heard me cry...

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Dr. Davis’ Dictionary of the Surreal

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:30:11 -0700

When I was in sixth grade, none of these words/phrases existed. Now, every sixth-grader with access to a television or laptop knows their meanings. In case you’re still confused - don’t worry - I’m here to help. Using the expertise afforded me b...

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You, the Guilty One

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:28:41 -0700

This post is dedicated to you. You know who you are, though not many others do. You trust very few with your secret, the terrible, shameful secret that your mother, your father, maybe even your brothers and sisters, are not talking to you, or y...

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Redefining "Sexy" One Man at a Time

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:49:07 -0700

My last post was directed to younger women. This one is for woman who are no longer so young. But it’s not for every older woman. It’s not for those who are divorced or single and very contentedly plan to stay that way. Kudos to those women who a...

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From an Older Woman to a Younger One

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:23:21 -0700

I've just learned that one of my favourite Voxers shares a birthday month with me. She'll be turning 21, whilst I'll be turning fifty-two. So for her and for every other younger woman on VOX, I've learned some valuable things about life, love and...

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In Danger From the Outside World - Part III: Men As Predators

nobody@vox.com(Patricia Volonakis Davis) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:24:43 -0800

What Shall We Do on Christmas Day? 1) “The hind legs of the tiger are longer than the forelegs. It is this that enables them to jump impressive distances. There have been instances recorded of tigers leaping widths of as much as twenty feet,...

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