August 2020

Our Facebook Fans Post Their Best Summer Pics

Our Facebook Fans Post Their Best Summer Pics

These are the first thirty pictures that our loyal Facebook fans rushed to post on July 17, 2020! We certainly have a wonderful following of gorgeous women! (Above, Carmen Morales.)

Carmen Rene: Why Is It So Hard To Love Our Bodies

Carmen Rene Column: Why Is It So Hard To Love Our Bodies?

“We are not born hating our bodies, we are taught to.” 

Living With Uncertainty in the Corona Age

Living With Uncertainty in the Corona Age

One of the surprises of the Dystopian World of Corona are the long periods of … absolutely nothing. I was under the impression that there would be a lot more action going on. 

Don’t Forget Your Home Phone Number From 20 Years Ago!

Don’t Forget Your Home Phone Number From 20 Years Ago!

Also, who was that one guy in that one movie?

Sexy Sadie vs. the Nana Nightgown 

Sexy Sadie vs. the Nana Nightgown 

The search is on for a new nightgown. I’ve scoured the mall and most of the internet with no luck.

Texts gone very very wrong

Texts Gone Very, Very Wrong

You quickly compose a text, hit send, and then shriek in horror as you realize you have just sent a sexy post to your not-sexy colleague. Or you sent an expletive-filled rant meant for someone else to your nice Aunt Mary. And there’s no getting it back. 

Do You and Your Partner Speak the Same Love Language?

Do You and Your Partner Speak the Same Love Language?

Fourteen years ago, I married a European. English is not his first language, or his second or third or fourth. And because of that, in our early days, we often misunderstood each other in hilarious ways. Even though his English was pretty good, figures of speech left him completely flummoxed. 

coping with Too Much Togetherness

When You and Your Partner Have Too Much Togetherness

How to deal with excessive corona-caused cabin fever

Hot Summers Call for Cool Summer Salads

Hot Summers Call for Cool Summer Salads

It’s hot as (meat)balls in my kitchen right now. I love to cook, but I do not love to sweat. That means I spend as little time as I can at the stove. It’s salad time, and before I lose you, let me reassure you that I’m not talking about the boring little piles of iceberg lettuce you may have subsisted on during past diets.

From Troubled Childhood to Plus-Size Model

From Troubled Childhood to Plus-Size Model

If someone had told me I would be a plus-size model in my 30s I never would have believed it.