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The United Skirts of America was founded on the blood, sweat and estrogen of our foremothers, who won us the freedom to choose...to break
Traci Daberko Traci Daberko received her education at the University
From the Publisher
The Lessons Issue I read an interview with Rachel Maddow recently and was surprised to learn that she has suffered from recurrent bouts of depression since childhood. Super confident, no-holds-barred Rachel Maddow?! Given her
The Rules, to wear
public persona, it seemed such a brave thing to put out there, and her
combat boots or high
description of how she copes with self-doubt and anxiety was inspiring.
heels, to run for office
Sure, we’re living in an era when we all know the brand names of half a
or run a marathon,
dozen antidepressants, and many of us have been in therapy at one time (or have a friend or family member who should be!), but it’s still hard for me
of Nebraska at Kearney and
to form our own
started her professional career
rock groups instead
how debilitating it can be. Our culture places such a high value on being
of being groupies, to
relentlessly cheerful, optimistic and Facebook-friendable that it’s just sort
1995, Traci co-founded
shatter Glass Ceilings
of embarrassing not to be that person. God knows, I’d love to wake up
Cyclone Design. During that
and Glass Slippers, to
in Seattle working for several prominent design firms. In
time, she received national recognition from many design
shoot hoops instead
to admit out loud how much I struggle with depression periodically and
every day in a cupcakes-and-kittens state of mind, but there are mornings when I’ll settle for an emotional weather report that is partly sunny with only a 30 percent chance of rain. As much as I thought I’d always been
industry organizations and
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honest about this lifelong battle I seem to have inherited, I realized from
publications. In 2001, Traci
skirts. The ones who
Maddow’s interview that I’m often still apologetic to myself and others
came before us made
about the times I get taken down by what Winston Churchill called the
was selected as one of the judges for Communications Arts Magazine Design Annual.
it possible for our
She also teaches an advanced
daughters to dream
typography course at the School of Visual Concepts.
bigger, to have the
Currrently, Traci has more than
chance to grow up to
15 years of professional design
be President and turn
experience and has worked with a diverse range of clients
“black dog.” Her courage made me realize that I still have so much to learn about the difference between being broken and being broken open to become more human. Thanks for the lesson, Rachel. I promise to keep doing my homework.
Nikki
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from across the country.
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From the Editor
Constantly seeking out new
the United Skirts of
For a nerd who hated P.E. with a passion, I’m still nostalgic for late August’s sharpened pencils,
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friends to sit with at lunch, but there are no field trips, no science fair volcanoes, and the closest thing to Spirit Week is five successive happy hours. Every August is a reminder that as kids we believed each new year would change our lives. As adults, we know we can make that change without the big yellow bus, and so we bring you the stories of women who are both student and teacher. From Rachael, whose first birth caused her to make a 180, to Jamie, whose game has improved after looking at it from the other side of the playbook, to Heather, who drags all of us kicking and screaming into functional adulthood—Charleston benefits from those who took lessons to heart before we had to. Whether it’s a big birth push, a corner kick or a quick quiche, the women of our August issue have tips and to-dos just for you. skirt! school’s in session this month and we know you’ll be a star scholar.
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Logic trumps passion, particularly when it holds the purse strings.
Murdering Lorrie Goldin
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Murdering Binkley
Binkley was a mean cat, the kind that lives forever out of spite. When my husband mentioned in passing, “Binkley’s limping a little,” I didn’t expect a cat who dragged her leg behind her like a scavenged drumstick. When the vet’s x-rays revealed a shattered bone in the hardest place to fix, I learned about feline osteoporosis. Binkley’s usual hop down from the bathroom counter would cost at least $2,000, with no guarantees, not counting follow-up visits and medication. The vet assured me I could pay on the installment plan. “Absolutely not,” my husband responded. “She’s old, and she’ll scratch us to a bloody pulp when we try to give her pills. And even if she makes it, what happens the next time she takes a drink from the sink? It’s time to put her down.” Our youngest daughter, Ally, was easily persuaded. She was tired of fighting her way downstairs past Binkley’s claws every morning. I hesitated, but only out of guilt for my wish to be free of litter boxes and shredded pantyhose. Emma, 14 years old, was the lone hold out. “I’ll pay for it!” she sobbed, surprisingly loyal to the cat I had to nag her to feed. “She shouldn’t have to die just because you don’t like her.” Immobilized but far from terminal, Binkley purred between hisses as we debated her fate. The vote was three to one. Logic trumps passion when it holds the purse strings. Secretly, though, I agreed with Emma. I admired her passion, and wondered where mine had gone. Did I misplace it somewhere among piles of bills and laundry? Maybe it was just another permanent casualty on the long and compromised road to maturity. Still, spending thousands of dollars on an old, nasty cat seemed absurd. As the arguments and tears crescendoed through the weekend, I worried what lesson we’d be teaching our children. At the very least, I imagined Emma someday pulling the plug on us at the nursing home because she had better ways to spend her time and money. This struck me as only fair. I despised my husband’s unsympathetic resolve. He despised my waffling. “You’re just making it worse,” he accused. Secretly, I knew he was right. On Monday, I called the vet. Emma refused to go to school that morning until I promised to schedule the appointment for late afternoon. When she came home, she gathered Binkley in her arms and barricaded herself in the bathroom. “I won’t let you kill her,” Emma screamed. But what could she do in the face of my treachery? Defeated, Emma relinquished her grasp a few minutes before the vet closed. “I hate you!” she choked between sobs as I eased Binkley into the cardboard carrier for one last trip. I eased her out again onto a fluffy towel atop the stainless steel exam table. Votive candles glowed from two crystal orbs while jazz played softly in the background. As Dr. Griffin slipped the needle through fur and skin, she assured me she would make the same choice in my place. Stroking Binkley as her feistiness drained away for good, I half let the music lull me into agreement. “That wasn’t so bad,” I thought on my way home. But as Lady Macbeth discovered, a murderess cannot long enjoy peace. The garage door clattered open on what looked like a crime scene. Bikes lay helter-skelter on the cracked concrete. The trash cans were upended, their rank contents strewn from corner to corner. Drifts of kitty litter crunched underfoot. I slammed the door and sprinted upstairs. “Emma? Where are you?” I beseeched the silent house. I never should have left her alone. It was bad enough murdering Binkley— what had I done to my own daughter? Under normal circumstances, Emma was a steady child, but her calm demeanor masked a fierce will. When I praised the drawing she’d brought home long ago from her second-grade art class, she’d taken a pencil and scribbled out her masterpiece. It was ruined, but at least it was hers. Now, frantic about what destructive self-assertion I might discover beyond the trashed garage, I searched the house from top to bottom. I found Emma at last, crumpled and crying in a corner of the basement. She let me hold her, and we rocked together for a very long time. I stroked her soft hair until her sobs drained away. I, too, felt bereft. Not so much for Binkley, but for the girl I no longer was that now inhabited my daughter. I admired Emma’s rage; I wished I still had her passion, her conviction, her noble heart. We buried Binkley on the hill. When we were finished, I said, “Let’s clean up the garage.” Lorrie Goldin is a psychotherapist and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area who recommends goldfish for pets.
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MY CHARLESTON AUGUST
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August. August is my birthday month, and therefore my favorite month. As silly as it seems (and leftover from being a kid I guess), birthdays make the whole month feel exciting. Even though I always end up celebrating with something low-key (and prefer it that way), it feels like a great time to reflect—and occasionally treat myself. With a new season around the corner, I feel myself appreciating downtime more than ever as motivation starts coming from all directions. August is the time for weekend getaways, relaxing with friends, and gearing up for the start of fall.
Artist Hirona Matsuda sitting on her “porch garden.”
Sweet neighborhood boys making Palmetto roses.
Surfboards decorate many porches around Elliotborough.
Exploring my neighborhood in the evenings gives me something to look forward to all day. Plus, I always seem to discover something new and wonderful.
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Alleyways in Charleston are endless— and so fun to bike through.
Charleston from Up High.
this month I love
Charleston has a number of rooftop bars and restaurants; most of which I normally avoid as they seem to act as tourist traps. Though recently in a celebratory mood, my boyfriend and I happened upon the Market Pavilion Hotel’s rooftop bar. It certainly had its fill of tourists, but it didn’t matter. We sat with our pink champagne looking over our magical city at sunset, and although we were five minutes from home, it felt like a true vacation. You can see all angles of the peninsula from the top of the Market Pavilion Hotel.
1. Charleston goes to Berlin: artist features on Freunde von Freunden. (freundevonfreunden.com) 2. Farmers Market vegetables, roasted for dinner. 3. Pink sunsets that cast a pink glow on the city. 4. Roadside peach stands. 5. Exploring community gardens. 6. Time with my sister. 7. Weekend trips. 8. Raspberry margaritas. 9. An afternoon snooze. 10. The new Cynthia Rowley store. “I like to treat myself during the month of August. Weekend getaways, wine and cheese dates with friends, and lazy beach days—all while starting to feel the new burst of inspiration as fall quickly approaches.”
I love cityscapes from above. People are hardly visible and the cars look like toys.
The off-white canvas umbrellas add a chic touch to the rooftop deck.
I ordered a pink champagne to match my sunset view.
Olivia Rae James is a freelance photographer and writer. She shares words and photos about her life in Charleston on her blog, Everyday Musings. Follow her at oliviaraejames.com/blog. charleston.skirt.com
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Ryan Becknell is totally in tune. Friends of the Dubplates since high school, Ryan topped their list when they went looking for guitar and vocals for their expanded band. Dubbed “King Sing” by a bandmate, his lifetime love of music is all down to Mom. “I grew up listening to all kinds of amazing music with her and she paid for my first guitar lessons.” The King soon garnered the courage to record his own solo album, The Saga. “The healthy pressure performing presents drives me deeper into vocal conditioning, recording, guitar playing, and synergy with the crowd. The special ‘auto pilot’ feeling you get is incredible and metaphysical!” When he’s not onstage, you’ll find Ryan singing your praises as a personal trainer. “Watching people realize their fitness goals is the most rewarding experience for me.” What do you like about wearing a skirt? “How masculine it makes me feel.” What do you like about reading skirt!? “Women comprise 90% of my clientele, so the insight skirt! provides to current women’s interests and issues is invaluable. Plus I like seeing who is featured each month!” Photo by Marni Rothschild Durlach
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Happenings Learn. Thrive. Succeed.
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Brown Bag Lunch Series at Noon Thursday, August 9 | Noon | FREE
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If you’re new to the area, join us, connect and find resources! Jennifer Buddin, The Little Black Book for every busy woman Holly Roberson, Go Charleston Deals Sponsor Sandpiper Premier Senior Living Refreshments by Costco Media Sponsor The Little Black Book for every busy woman
Women’s Leadership Institute
Develop the skills and strategies of an effective leader
Saturday, August 11 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
5 Leadership Behaviors You Need to Know Self-assess yourself and through discussion and role playing, learn key behaviors that will put you over the top! Mary Peters, MS, CMC, RG, Founder & President, Care for Life Presenting Sponsor BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Sponsor Care for Life, Mary Peters, President, Eldercare Experts Refreshments by Fork Fine Gourmet
Job Search Assistance Wednesday, August 22 | 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | $10.00
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Bring your questions and your resume and let our job coaches give you solid, practical advice. Stephanie McDonald, Recruiting Manager, MWV
Join is in celebrating a women’s right to vote! Great hors d’oeuvres, wine, live music, door prizes and “don’t miss” goodie bags.
Sunday, August 26
Women’s Equality Day Alhambra Hall, Mt Pleasant Tickets: $20 in advance $30 at the door c4women.org for tickets
a fundraiser for the Women’s Leadership Institute
Our New Website! Check out the Center for Women’s newly refreshed website! We’ve made it easier to find the programs you’re interested in and made it easier to register.
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Personal memberships are only $35.00 a year. Join today and support the Center for Women!
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Unless noted, programs are held at 129 Cannon Street
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We love babies at Roper St. Francis Healthcare, and we want to make sure parents-to-be have everything they need for their upcoming bundle of joy. That’s why we’re throwing a baby shower just for you! At the event, you will find lots of baby and pregnancy exhibits. You’ll also get an exclusive tour of the all-new Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital birthing suites. And of course, we’ll have the fabulous door prizes that have made this event a must for parents-to-be. Date: Saturday, September 8 Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Location: Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital 3500 Highway 17 North (near Wando High School) If you’re expecting, we’re expecting you! For more information, call 402-CARE.
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Wed, Aug 8 Tues, Aug 21 To set up an appt. or register for a program, contact us: info@scwbc.net or call 843 763 7333 ext 211
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To LLC or not to LLC? That is the Question. 5:30pm to 7:00pm $20.00 Understand the legal and tax consequences of different business structures.
Karen Kerrison, Attorney, Daughtridge & Wallace
Programs are held at 129 Cannon St (between Ashley Ave & President St)
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How do you unwind after a long day? A cruise on the Stono River with my crew, fiancé Mike, and dog Tucker!
What’s your motto: “When life gives you lemons, make Sanbreezie!”
Best part of being located on the Stono River? The view and the people. It’s a floating community.
Most popular seafood dish? Our weekend Lowcountry Shrimp Boil.
Boat shoes! They’re not just for boats. 5 favorite ingredients: Newest item for summer parties? Pomegranate Martinis.
What’s your favorite seafood item? Crab Dip—yummy and freshly made. It’s always a crowd pleaser!
1. Red Pepper Plant Hot Sauce 2. Garlic 3. Bacon 4. Shallots 5. Coconut water (It’s super hydrating, a great rum mixer and perfect after a long hot day on the boat!)
Best appetizer after you have been on the water all day?
Favorite lunch dish to make: Any of our delicious salads.They are beautiful and colorful.
Must-try appetizer: ”Hollapeño” cheese-stuffed pretzels with a side of homemade ranch dressing.
Best lunch by the pool? Our freshly made chicken or tuna salad sandwich served with a side of refreshing homemade cucumbertomato salad. Our most popular lunch sandwich: Our signature burger, the Jack Sparrow, a half-pounder with ham, bacon, swiss cheese, and grilled pineapple with a rum reduction glaze. Favorite cocktail to sip while watching the sun set? A “Sanbreezie” of course! It’s our signature white sangria. Made with mango rum, white wine, organic peach stirrings, a splash of soda and fresh fruit.
Best brunch item? Shrimp and Grits, of course!
What lunch should a boater pack up for a day on the water? Nothing! We do it all.
Best reason to have a party at the club? The view. It can’t be beat.
Are you open off season? Absolutely. Poolside oyster roasts and the best chili around.
My recipe for running a great kitchen: • Lead by example • Team mindset • Pride • Creativity • Be respectful
Our Mini Corn Dawgs are popular with the little ones and the Chicken Quesadillas are a hit with the big kids!
How do you keep the SJYH commitment to staying green going in the kitchen?
We recycle everything! The Stono Breeze is committed to creating an Earth-friendly environment by purchasing biodegradable supplies. St. Johns Yacht Harbor is also in the process of applying for Clean Marina Certification.
Five restaurants on your bucket list
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why? ...do women pay $1 billion more each year in individual health insurance costs?
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Th e Go o d Ne w s Currently, women pay $1 billion more each year in individual health insurance costs, according to a report by the National Women’s Law Center. For instance, over half of the best-selling individual plans charge non-smoking women more than their cigarette-puffing male counterparts, and women who are overweight also pay more than men who are equally overweight, according to ehealthinsurance. com. In most states, insurance companies can charge women more than men for the same coverage because of what is called a “gender rating.” Even with employer-based coverage, women have higher out-of-pocket medical costs than men. Among women insured by employer-based plans, oral contraceptives alone account for one-third of their total outof-pocket health care spending. Thanks to your lady parts, you not only make less than men, you also pay more for health insurance coverage. But relief is in sight. Thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, starting in 2014, health insurers will be prohibited from charging you more because you’re a woman.
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Reinvent Yourself with Amanda Seay, DDS Artistic Talent Technical Competence Beautiful Results “My practice focuses on complex, multi-faceted cosmetic and restorative dental procedures and techniques. We also provide comprehensive preventative hygiene services. My team and I have dedicated hundreds of hours to advanced training in order to create an exceptional and friendly dental experience in a spa environment.”
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The nation’s top doctors. Closer than ever. When you choose the new MUSC Health Center in Mt. Pleasant, there’s peace of mind in knowing that you’re backed by the largest team of specialists in the Lowcountry. In fact, of the physicians on America’s Best Doctors lists, you’ll find nearly 300 at MUSC. Whether you need primary care, comprehensive women’s breast care, urology, or many other services, you’ll get the benefits of advanced coordinated health care, by doctors who are pioneering new ways to treat and heal. With a rooftop healing garden, Black Bean Co. café, a medical concierge, free parking and easy access at Hungryneck Blvd and Highway 17, the new MUSC Health center is as beautiful as it is convenient. To learn more about MUSC Health East Cooper, visit or call: MUSCHealth.com/EastCooper | 843.792.1414
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AUGUST
Enjoy a day of Riverdogs baseball at The Slim Down the South Celebrity Softball Challenge to support Louie’s Kids and Run Buddies that helps combat childhood obesity. $12-$25. slimdownthesouth.com
Celebrate back to school at the First Day Festival for Children and Families. Free festival events including a Kids Zone and boat rides are bound to excite kids for their first day back. charleston-sc.gov
Feminist scholar Bell Hooks, most commonly known for her novels discussing issues of social class, race and gender, will be delivering a talk, “Writing Beyond Race,” free to the public. wgs.cofc.edu
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Check out photographer and educator Katherine Houghton’s exhibit, A Photographic Journey of Discovery: Women & Children Around the World. North Charleston City Gallery. northcharleston.org 3 Savor the Summer
Join artist Cecelia Campbell at the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, a reception for her exhibit, Summertime, which depicts everything we love about the Lowcountry’s favorite season. 5-8pm. 4 Friendly Folly
Clean up Folly Beach at the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.Volunteers can work to ensure our beach is “barefoot friendly.” 2:30-7pm. beachrescue2012.com
4 Shaggin’ on the Cooper
Enjoy a warm summer night with live music and dancing by the water at the Mount Pleasant Pier. Tickets are limited. ccprc.com 8 Make a Splash
Bring your kids to Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park to play in jump castles and water slides. This event is free with food and drinks available for purchase. comeonovermp.com 9-12 Fore!
Follow your favorite golfers as they compete at the 94th PGA Championship at The Ocean Course in Kiawah Island Golf Resort. pga.com
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Dermatologists from the MUSC Mobile Health Unit will be giving out free skin cancer screenings at Splash Zone Water Park from 9am-12pm. Hurry out for this first come, first serve offer. Enjoy a day of golf at the 5th Annual Trip Page Classic Golf Tournament and Awards Lunch to benefit the Trip Page Education Initiative of South Carolina. trippageclassic.com
The Charleston Jewish Federation brings Jewish women of all ages together. Make new friends, share common experiences and unify the Jewish women’s community. connectingjewishwomen.org Sip your way through Middleton Place on a Wednesday Wines of the World Stroll. From 6:30-8pm, $15. middletonplace.org 31 Jazzed Up
23 Yappy Hour
Unwind at happy hour with your pup at the James Island County Park Dog Park. This free event with park admission will have live music performed by Rawberry Jam. ccprc.com
Get your fill of contemporary jazz at the 4th annual Low Country Jazz Festival at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. lowcountryjazzfestival.com
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SKIRT! STYLE august
Necklace from Harrison Newsome
Kate Spade ring from Finicky Filly David Aubrey earrings from Copper Penny
Jade dress from Scout & Molly
Cuff from Out of Hand
B. Lush tote from Copper Penny Shooz
Tkees sandals from Thera M.
Cocktail ring from Bashful
Leather wrap watch from Affordables
David Yurman ring from Saks Off Fifth at Tanger Outlet Bronx pumps from The Shoe Fairy
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Jesslyn Blake bag from Utopia Verdier earrings from Utopia
Chan Luu wrap bracelet from The Resort Shop
David Aubrey earrings from Teal
Nepal Mission bracelets from Finicky Filly
Styling by Alexandra Munzel of Alexandra Styles. Alexandra is also available for wardrobe styling, closet consultations and wedding styling. alexandrastyles.comS
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Charles Albert sea glass ring from Zinnia
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Peace of yum at Whole Foods.
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Vintage finds, often with a good backstory. inheritedattire.etsy.com
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My mother taught me early on that it is extremely rude to eavesdrop. She meant, of course, that I wasn’t supposed to listen in on her grown-up conversations.
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have just begun the three-mile circular trek around the reservoir’s perimeter, hoping to navigate the steeper portions of the paved trail before the day’s heat settles in. Below me, a few paddle boats traipse lazily across the water, rousing a brace of ducks toward the dilapidated dock, where some toddlers will soon discover the mad raucous joy of throwing stale bread from a bag. A robust-looking woman in jeans and green tank top walks briskly down the hill toward me, pushing a stroller before her, dodging a couple of teenagers roller-blading in the opposite direction. When she is almost in front of me she looks right at me and says, “I’ve decided I’m going to stop nursing! This week! He’s plenty old enough, don’t you think?” Well, let’s see. I can’t say I’ve given it a lot of thought, since we haven’t actually met. I’m not even sure these circumstances technically constitute a meeting, unless your coming down the hill that I’m hoping to ascend is the kind of intimate encounter you’re used to. Should you stop nursing him? An excellent question, certainly, and of the sort no one usually asks me when I’m hiking alone. I’ll bet you didn’t even bother with the skaters. Perhaps first you could stop walking, then maybe we could talk about whether to stop nursing. We might even go all out and formally introduce ourselves before I hazard an opinion. Now the woman is moving right past me, still talking loudly. She’s got on expensive walking shoes, and a flowered diaper bag is arranged tidily on one of the stroller handles; she seems alert and oriented. I realize suddenly that I’m not meant to proffer wisdom, agreement, or even a smile, for somewhere on her person is a Bluetooth device invisible to passers-by. But my conditioning is so strong that I’m tempted to apologize for listening in, despite the sign that indicates we’re in a very public park. My mother taught me early on that it is extremely rude to eavesdrop. She meant, of course, that I wasn’t supposed to listen in on her grown-up conversations. She had no qualms about repeating to my father or her friends the variety of
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fascinating tidbits she’d overheard in the grocery or at lunch in a restaurant. Many times I heard her begin a conversation with a surprised stranger with the words, “I couldn’t help overhearing...” before she offered her own advice, whether it was a recommendation for a furniture outlet or the neat resolution of a domestic drama. Anyone talking within earshot was fair game. Thoroughly schooled in the idea of respecting other people’s privacy, I found these matters complicated not only by my mother’s double standard, but because I had supersonic hearing, as so many children do. I could quickly piece together what each person in our household was doing at a given moment simply by tracking familiar sounds, whether it was the noise my brother made rustling illicitly through my father’s bedroom bureau drawer for change, or my mother tearing open the cellophane of a hoarded package of butterscotch candy downstairs after I’d been sent off to bed. There was just no help for it. If a neighbor in my family’s living room happened to drop his voice to a whisper, I was suddenly all ears. If my father’s voice lowered to a murmur in order to relate something on the telephone to his cousin Al, a trumpet might as well have sounded throughout my small kingdom, calling me forth from play or slumber. I heard everything. I did eventually learn not to eavesdrop, or to tune out what was said as best I could to focus on my own concerns. This evolution had little to do with the development of personal ethics and was really about psychological survival. I began to realize that adults lowered their voices for good reasons. The kinds of things I overheard were usually not about me and often as not brought unhappy tidings. If I had once hoped to get the inside scoop on a surprise birthday party (for me!) or a new TV my parents planned to buy, instead I found myself privy to news of local infidelities, my neighbor’s divorce, my godmother’s cancer diagnosis, my mother’s best friend’s alcoholism. It was all stuff I might have known somehow, but was terrifying once confirmed. When my mother finally quit smoking, a phone conversation I snooped on between my mother and Henny from next door intrigued and then depressed me—I discovered my mother had been borrowing cigarettes from Henny all along, and smoking them on her back porch. Eventually I overheard darker whisperings—news of my parents’ dire finances, my father’s depression, my aunt’s abandoning her share of my grandmother’s medical expenses. “I’m so very frightened,” was a phrase my mother used more than once in confidence to one friend or another, in a strange choked voice. I couldn’t comfort her, and there was no one to comfort me either, since I wasn’t supposed to have known in the first place. I headed toward adulthood refining my listening skills and developing sound instincts for what is absolutely none of my beeswax. Still, I celebrate the proliferation of cell phones, which has resurrected the noble art of eavesdropping, making it possible, even mandatory, that we all listen in, without the slightest moral concern about doing so. I’m not wild about Bluetooth earpieces, since once you could easily distinguish nutty people from non-stop conversationalists, and now strolling down the sidewalk you really can’t tell who’s who. It’s a fine line, I guess. Daily I manage to tune out most of what I hear, but every now and then a stray snippet or two gives me hope and makes me laugh. I have the sense of a larger, global conversation going on. How wrong can it be to listen in from time to time? In line at the post office in Oakland last month, a burly Hell’s Angel type with a stony face was talking rapidly, seriously, into his buddy’s ear, sounding for all the world as if he was cutting a secret drug deal. “...then you put it in the oven, brother, at 350 degrees, know what I’m sayin’? Then you add the Bearnaise sauce, know what I’m sayin’? It’s frigging delicious, brother, you gotta trust me. I’m tellin’ you, dude.” Once in a while, there’s a bit you were absolutely, positively meant by the gods to overhear, whether it’s a woman at the next table telling her boyfriend he’s gorgeous exactly the way he is and should, by all means, have dessert, or the mother saying to her daughter on the “up” escalator, “...but you’re a wonderful artist, honey. Why in heaven’s name would you want a job like that?” The most beneficial advice I received recently was one of those snippets, meant for someone else and delivered as part of a ramble into a cell phone by a tattered-looking guy with a shopping cart full of what appeared to be sleeping bag and personal possessions. I will never know the context, but what he said into the phone to his listener was definitive, a new mantra I will use for my own moments of crisis. “You listen to the Debussy, man, you be all right,” he said softly. “You just settle on down now and listen to the Debussy. You’ll see.” I can almost hear the music if I listen closely. Stacy Appel is an award-winning writer who eavesdrops in California. Her work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere. She has also written for National Public Radio. She is a contributor to the book You Know You’re a Writer When… by Adair Lara. Contact Stacy at WordWork101@aol.com.
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In truth, we were wearing down. I wanted to quit my office job and go back to teaching; he wanted to quit teaching and play guitar. We were still yearning, but we yearned for different things.
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Jude Hopkins
’ve often envisioned a chance meeting with my ex-boyfriend during which we give our relationship the send-off it deserved. We would engage in a few civilities, re-awaken a few memories, then once again go our separate ways—this time as friends. True, we were better off as footnotes in a long-closed book, but our misspent passion had joined us as well as divided us. I did see my ex-boyfriend not so long ago, but it wasn’t as I imagined it. My first glimpse of him after so long was entirely one-sided—not to mention one-dimensional. I watched him compete on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. A few days before the show aired, he had called a mutual friend to say he had just won $64,000. “He asked if you were doing okay,” my friend Dennis said. “He’s still married. With kids.” Naturally, I watched the show. He was still strikingly handsome with his perfect game-show smile and distinctive cleft chin. I was amused by the string of puka beads he wore around his neck, something only a few could carry off in the 21st century. His loud and lusty laugh was just as I remembered it. The question he finally missed was something I knew. “The properties in the game Monopoly are named after streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but one of them was misspelled. Which one was it?” host Meredith Vieira asked him. In front of my TV, I mouthed the words “Marvin Gardens” over and over like a mantra. I knew it was spelled “Marven” with an “e.” Our mutual love for trivia was one of the things that had first brought us together. After all these years, I was still egging him on—or, as he might say, exercising my overweening competitiveness.
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“Park Place?” “No, it’s Marvin Gardens. Marven with an ‘e.’” There was a fitting symmetry in reuniting with only his image. Shortly after I met him at Arizona State University, he had gone off to Hollywood to appear on the first of several quiz shows. I loved seeing him on his first game show, Trivia Trap. The camera also adored his shock of hair, his chin dimple, those big blue-green eyes of his, big enough to rival those of Dondi, that wide-eyed orphan of the comic strip. “Her maiden name is Elizabeth Ann Bloomer. What name do we know her by today?” host Bob Eubanks had asked. “Betty Ford.” “Old Ironsides is the nickname for what?” “The U.S.S. Constitution.” On that show, he had won over $10,000, piles of press-on fingernails and a number of hearts besides mine. The $64,000 he had just won on Millionaire was enough to remodel his house or stash away for his kids’ education. Instead, he told Viera his first purchase would be a new guitar. The fact that he was still appearing on game shows two decades after his first one—not to mention still yearning for guitars—made me feel better. Does the fact he’s ever-the-contestant mean he’s still restless? The day he told me he was leaving graduate school for Hollywood, I told him how much I’d miss him. “Please don’t,” he said. “My brother calls me Houdini because I always disappear.” In spite of the forewarning, we stayed in touch, seeing one another when he’d return to Arizona, at which times he would urge me to move to L.A. When I finally did, he was still trying out for game shows to finance his rock star dreams. Such shows soon paralleled our on-and-off relationship. On the days we were “on,” it was like answering every question correctly—and winning the bonus round. We did the town, and attended concerts and parties, courtesy of Capitol Records where I worked. Once we dined at Spago. I went to the Grammys. He became friends of celebrities’ kids—and even a few celebrities. During those times, our futures seemed as limitless as the sprawling city before us. But nothing felt more empty and unfulfilling than “off days” when the money was tight, the traffic crawled on the 101 Freeway and a lot of us wannabes felt like the contestants who went home empty-handed after the first round. Everyone was beating us to the buzzer. During one of those long stretches, my friend Jim went on Jeopardy! and won $40,000. Like an injured athlete, my boyfriend yearned to get back to the playing field. During his down time—the required waiting period between game show appearances—our date nights turned into trivia-training sessions in bleak Googie-style coffee shops to prepare him for the next audition. I reluctantly became Mickey Goldmill to his Rocky Balboa. “Montevideo is the capital of what country?” “Uruguay.” “Ganymede, the moon, belongs to which planet? “I should know this. What is it?” I longed for the days when we had parried as part of a courting game, not as a means to an end. Eventually, he did become a contestant on another game show, Blockbusters, making it to the final round. But this time he lost. On the broadcast, his tie was knotted too tightly, his voice pinched. Gone was the youthful ebullience he’d had in droves on Trivia Trap. I worried about what his not winning would mean. Would two English majors interpret this loss as a symbol for our own struggles? In truth, we were wearing down. I wanted to quit my office job and go back to teaching; he wanted to quit teaching and play guitar. We were still yearning, but we yearned for different things. I found it hard to let go. He wanted to move on. Even in Los Angeles, a city so full of promises, love hadn’t conquered all. No smartly dressed hosts had read us the rules, nor were brand new cars waiting behind Curtain No. 3. More often than not, people don’t win the jackpot there. Why had I thought we’d be different? So, we went our separate ways. He wanted to remain friends, but I couldn’t. Eventually, we both moved away from Los Angeles. I went back East to teach. He went to the South to raise a family. Now, having seen him again on TV, I’m reminded of the time when I first met him in sunny Arizona. We were both young and full of ideas on how to spend our lives. Sadly, trivia experts know the answers to only the past and present. I had another chance meeting with him recently. His first appearance on Trivia Trap is now posted online. Here he remains untouched by time, heartbreakingly charming—and, at the time of the taping, awfully fond of me. So, at last, I have my closure, not as I thought it would be, but ultimately as it should be—a red-hot memory, forever preserved in a cool medium.
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n the way home from the park, my daughter paused for the twentieth time, bent over, and picked up something. Could have been a daisy, penny, pillbug or bead. She stood up, her face alight. She held out a piece of white quartz, plucked out of a sea of sandy-pink gravel. “It’s a sparkling jewel, Mama,” she said. She was quiet for a while. Then she jumped into the air. “I know what I’ll do,” she said. “I’ll have a stand and sell my special rocks. Like when I sold lemonade.” I sighed. My daughter would do a lemonade (or rock, or jewelry, or artwork) stand every day if she could. But I dread them. Even if she’s old enough to run the stand herself, her sister is not. And watching a toddler on a busy
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What My Preschoolers Taught Me
I look like a woman who knows what she wants and knows how to get it, but as I stood in the fitting room questioning my reflection, I saw a pitifully indecisive 20-something staring back at me.
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s the creative movement teacher at a Headstart preschool in North Philadelphia, I get a lot of questions. These range from the hopeful (“Miss Kat, are we gonna get stickers today?”) to the dejected (“Miss Kat, can you tie my shoe?”), to the just plain embarrassing (“Miss Kat, is that a baby in your belly?”). I have to explain that no, we’re not getting stickers today because we only get stickers on Friday, and today is not Friday and that no—as I resolve to start doing crunches again—that is not a baby in my belly. Then there are the questions that arise when one of my students finds me in the bathroom. Although it’s fairly obvious—at least to a grownup—
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that I’m engaged in normal bathroom activities, it’s less obvious to my gaggle of endlessly curious three-year-olds. They never fail to ask “Miss Kat, what are you doing?” and when I tell them that I’m going to bathroom, they broadcast this news to their classmates with all the pride of a paleontologist who has just discovered a new species; news of a grownup going to the bathroom is a cause célèbre in the mind of a preschooler. Nonetheless, the question I receive the most often day after day, week after week and month after month is “Miss Kat, do you like my shirt?” Granted, sometimes they’ll ask if I like their skirt instead, or their shoes, or their new haircut, but the underlying meaning is always the same. They line up outside of the dance studio, point to their newest acquisition and ask with a curious mix of toddler pride and the need for my approval, “Do you like it?” When I first started teaching, I used to always say, “Yes, you look great!” Then I’d hurry my charges inside to get started with the day’s lesson. But then I went shopping. Without my mother. And I was nearly paralyzed. Keep in mind I’ll be 27 by the time you’re reading this essay. I’ve studied abroad, lived abroad, and two years ago, I quit my day job in order to pursue a career in the arts. On the outside, I look like a woman who knows what she wants and knows how to get it, but as I stood in the fitting room questioning my reflection, I saw a pitifully indecisive 20-something staring back at me. I liked the shimmery, asymmetrical dress I’d just tried on, but without my mother’s approval, I couldn’t be sure that it liked me. It’s not that my mother is some blue-blooded maven of high fashion—she’s the one who introduced me to Jomar, my bargain basement of choice, in the first place, and she maintains a rather liberal interpretation of “color coordination”—but we’ve always shopped together. I raid her closet more times than not and without her waiting outside of the fitting room to offer her opinion, I couldn’t do it. I returned home confused and empty-handed. It was then, as I reminisced about the gorgeous frock that I’d left on the rack, that I decided something had to change. It might be too late for me, but it wasn’t too late for my preschoolers. The very next morning, one of my particularly gregarious divas-intraining marched up to me, stuck out her foot to display a pair of brand new glittery jelly shoes and inquired, “Miss Kat, do you like my shoes?” I smiled, inspected the shoes and finally countered, “Do you like them?” She froze. This was an unexpected turn of events and preschoolers aren’t exactly known for dealing well with changes in events. “Do you like them?” I repeated. She considered it for a moment and then replied, “Yes.” “Well that’s what matters!” I exclaimed triumphantly. “If you like them, then it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks.” She didn’t look entirely convinced, but I was pretty sure that the wheels in her little head were turning. A few days later one of my three-year-olds showed up to school sporting a brand new E.T. shirt. Between his teddy bear looks and his freakishly impressive vocabulary, it was all I could do to keep from blurting out, “Yes, of course I like your E.T. shirt!” But I held firm. “Do you like it?” I asked. “Yeah,” he replied matter-of-factly. “Did you know that E.T. means ‘alien,’ Miss Kat?” He later informed me that E.T. was “sad at me” over some injustice to do with the number of stickers he’d amassed on the Good Behavior Chart, but I considered this a small price to pay considering all the selfconfidence I was instilling in my students. This went on for weeks. I refused to comment on light-up sneakers, new haircuts, sun dresses and even graduation outfits, although I slipped up when one of my five-year-olds turned out in a linen suit for the last day of school. Eventually, however, I got so good at saying, “Do you like it?” that I no longer had to think about it. It was automatic. I decided to return to Jomar for another look at that funky silver dress, and as I scrutinized the single ruffle running down the front, I realized that if my preschoolers could stop caring what other people thought of them, I could, too. In the end, my mother loved the dress, but more importantly, I didn’t care. Kat Richter is a freelance writer and teaching artist who lives in Philadelphia. She holds an MA in Dance Anthropology and blogs about her adventures in online dating at fieldworkinstilettos.com.
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efore Rocky, I’d never been a quitter. For example, I watched the first few years of the TV series Bones on DVD while doped on flu medication. After my illness, I continued to watch the series even though somewhere around season five it became a parody of itself. The main characters solidified as completely unlikable individuals, surrounded by a supporting cast so cartoonish Mel Blanc should have voiced their dialogue. Nevertheless, each week I propped my eyelids open with modified eyelash curlers, Clockwork Orangestyle, and watched. How could I quit something into which I’d invested 100 hours of my life? I didn’t watch Bones because I loved the idea of street artists morphing into computer geniuses sporting eponymous all-knowing, crime-solving “Angelatron” computers. Just saying “Angelatron” makes me want to punch myself in the face. I watched Bones to slow my own personal slide into apathy. In my youth, I committed to every challenge with a special combination of fervor and stupidity. To change that behavior would to be to admit I’d lost my edge. I didn’t want to be a quitter.
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Horse Laugh
Then I met a horse named Rocky. When my girlfriend asked me to take riding lessons with her, I knew, much like a cast member of Celebrity Apprentice, that I’d have to check my self-respect at the door. She and I rode competitively from third grade to ninth, but I had only been on a horse twice since then. I had no illusions of becoming a Spaghetti Western stunt double my first day back in the saddle. Largely because they stopped making Spaghetti Westerns in the late Sixties, but also because I understand riding is an art that requires muscle strength I no longer possess. My first riding lesson damaged both my pride and my legs. I wore the wrong clothes and rubbed deep holes into the side of each calf. But I wasn’t a quitter. For the next lesson, I bought high boots to protect my legs, skin-tight breeches because the world just doesn’t see enough of my ass, and a riding helmet. I felt more comfortable in the saddle, particularly once it was discovered I had mistakenly used a child’s saddle the first time. Still, my ankles and leg muscles ached after trotting just a few times around the ring. On the upside, the clear reminder of how out of shape I’d become was an excellent way to prompt a mid-life crisis. All my friends were having them and I felt left out. But I was not enjoying myself. Third lesson, my steed, Rocky, decided to demonstrate that he didn’t enjoy trotting around a ring anymore than I enjoyed bouncing around on his bony spine. Rocky threw down his head, ripping the reins from my hands, and bucked like a rodeo horse. I did my best to hold on, but Rocky also eschewed the “quitter” label. He refused to stop until I hit the dirt. “Wow,” said my unimpressed instructor. “Rocky hasn’t bucked anyone off in like a year.” I felt honored. Dejected and dusty, I walked Rocky back to the little step stool and climbed back aboard, hissing the story of dog food manufacturing through gritted teeth. I trotted around the ring to prove my fearlessness and then headed back to the barn, but I could feel my relationship with Rocky had been inextricably altered. Rocky had my number. Next lesson, Rocky didn’t bother to pretend things between us were civil. Again he tried to buck; somehow I wrestled back control. I attempted to resume cantering. Ten feet down the rail Rocky again threw his head, splaying me across his neck. Mane in my teeth, I yanked back on the reins. Rocky stopped dead. I had underestimated Rocky’s sense of humor. Over and over we repeated this dance. Head down! HEAD UP! Stop. DON’T STOP! Head down! HEAD UP!! Flustered, I walked Rocky to the instructor and explained my dilemma. Too late, I realized I was telling another human being that I’d been outsmarted by a horse. “Use your ab muscles,” she said. “Right,” I said. “Why didn’t I think to pick those up with my new boots and helmet?” Horrified, I notice my voice was cracking. The instructor turned her attention toward my more deserving friend, still trotting around the ring like a pro. “You need more confidence,” she said, striding away. I walked Rocky back to the rail fighting tears of shame and frustration. No one had ever told me I lacked confidence. I’d always been the brave one. I could demand a different lesson horse, but I wasn’t even enjoying myself. I was trapped between a Rocky and a hard place. Back at the barn, my friend asked me if I was okay, and the answer rushed from my lips before I could stop myself. “I quit.” A peace came over me. No one wants to be a quitter. But not every cause is a winner. Many of the things I committed to finishing in the past I did so due to lack of money, to desperation or inexperience. Now I was older and in a more comfortable place. I didn’t have to commit to winning the war against Rocky. Maybe it was time to redefine “quitting” as “making a wiser decision.” Enjoy your sweet feed, Rocky. You gave me bruises, you gave me scars, and you freed me from the tyranny of foolish commitments. You miserable old nag. Amy Vansant has been published in Surfer, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, McSweeney’s and other publications/sites. Read more at her humor blog at kidfreeliving.com or on Twitter @kidfreeliving.
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Join the Center for Women and skirt! in celebrating a woman’s right to vote on August 26 when we throw down a party at Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant. Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, wine and music by the Local Honeys, and be eligible to win a fabulous door prize for two that includes a stay at John Rutledge House Inn and dinner at Circa 1886.You’ll be able to register to vote or update your existing registration onsite as well as meet all the women who are currently running for or elected to local office.
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My Lucky Charm: Necklace with tiny scissor pendant. I know, cliché.
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Right Now I’m Reading: The Bedwetter... by Sarah Silverman.
Favorite Restaurant: Alluette’s Cafe on Reid Street Where I Shop Locally: Ensemble Favorite Feminist: Bell Hooks My Secret Ambition: Learn martial arts I’d Like To Learn To: Speak Chinese A Goal for 2012: Expand the Rose Knot into the Charleston Garment Manufactory Tweet Me: @roseknotdesign
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planetnikki [ a visual journal ]
The full moon last month was juicy enough to fry in a pan.
I followed it home
like a wolf stalking dinner, like a planet in search of an orbit,
like a teenager smelling pheromones, like a
lover licking its chops. There it was, hanging just out of reach. There I was, chasing
An apricot moon pie. Sailing away before I could get a sticky piece
what I can’t have, as usual.
to put under my pillow and
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The title song of Rufus Wainwright’s latest CD, Out of the Game, is my current favorite. His father, Loudon Wainwright III, also has a new CD out with two wrenching songs about family: “The Days That We Die” and “In C.” I’ve been having a Wainwright emo moment.
As is often the case, I bought this retro-looking wall hook from Wabi Sabi as a gift and ended up keeping it for myself.
Every few years, I get a craving for banana trees in my yard. Catching a glimpse of the big bold leaves out my window makes me think I’m on a desert island. This summer I planted four hoping for a little jungle instead of my usual desert-like field of sand spurs.
This knit tote by hansel from basel is the perfect size for a Mac Air, which I don’t own. But I thought that if I bought the bag, the computer might appear. Like, you know, a gift from the Nikki-centered universe.
Tokyo Milk is a brand I can’t resist because their packaging sucks me in every time. Their “Honey and the Moon” tin is one part candle, one part eye-candy. (And the title of a Joseph Arthur song I don’t seem to tire of hearing.)
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