Q Dear Miss Abigail: I have this really difficult boyfriend. I am involved in a lot of different things at school and sometimes I don’t have a lot of free time on my hands. I also have a job. My boyfriend is always complaining that I never spend enough time with him. I also have […]
Category: Health
R is for Relaxation
I won’t go into details, but this week has been a bit stressful for me. Thankfully, ABC’s of Beauty, written by the lovely Babs Lee, helped me get organized and stress-free. On the book’s flap copy, Babs writes: “I started collecting these beauty rules some ten years ago and alphabetizing them for my own convenience and […]
Overdoing Things
Please forgive me for presenting such a brief selection, but I’ve been awfully busy lately. This one is from Gladys Cox’s book titled Youth, Sex, and Life, I hope you ennnnjoyy iiit $)kdlj0J)djfo940zzzzzzzzzzz……… 1946: Overdoing Things There are degrees in overdoing things. If you faint at the end of some effort, or if you feel an […]
Unify Your Energy
The following excerpt seems appropriate for my current state of mind. It’s been a rough week at work (yes, I have a day job), so I sought out some advice to help keep me in line and feeling good about things. It’s from Margery Wilson’s “complete book of charm” titled The Woman You Want to Be. […]
Relax!
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I am scared to show my body in front of a guy. How can I make myself more comfortable? Signed, Cassidy A Dear Cassidy: I think this little excerpt from Margery Wilson’s “complete book of charm” (The Woman You Want to Be) says it all. And by the way, that “laughing […]
Rest
As the warm summer sun beats down on the streets of Washington, D.C., I’ve been wondering more and more about why people jog all the time, when they could instead be relaxing in a hammock under a tree with a nice cool glass of lemonade in hand. And recently my work friends and I have […]
Wisdom and Beauty in Rest
I’ve been a tad bit sick this past week, so have done my share of lounging on the couch and bed with my sweet dog curled up next to me. Although I am back at work now, I’ve still got resting on my mind. Professor B. G. Jefferis seems quite the expert on this topic; […]
How to Light a Cigarette
Q Dear Miss Abigail: What is the proper etiquette for lighting someone else’s cigarette? A friend of mine said if you’re using a lighter you light their’s first and your’s next, but if you’re using matches you light your’s first because of the sulfury taste of matches. I though you always light their’s first, but […]
She Smells Worse Than Wet Mulch!
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I have a co-worker who smells worse than wet mulch. It’s not that she looks dirty, or dresses in dirty clothing or even has a trace of filth on her person. No, it’s just that there seems to be an invisible cloud of BO floating where ever she roams. Before I […]