About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: growing up
Mar
08
2011
The New Aging Gracefully
I think it’s oddly intriguing I was inspired to write about aging gracefully on International Women’s Day, since there ain’t exactly a lot of women modelling how to age gracefully these days. Liposuction and tucks and Botox, oh my! But there you have it. Get over yourselves, girls. I like getting older. I like it [...]
Aug
12
2010
A Stitch in Time
I sold a sewing machine last night, for far less than I’d wanted to, and found myself ever so emotional after the fact. I remember the day my mother bought that 1917 Singer (Model 027) oak-cabinet sewing machine, some 30 years ago. We’d had a yard sale, with my parents constantly on their “reduce the clutter [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Specifically Steff Also tagged changing life, dead mother, death, epiphanies, gaining wisdom, getting wiser, grief, life, middle ages, mourning, parents 6 Comments
Jul
13
2006
A Fondness for Figments
I’m feeling a little blue. I’m getting a stiff back, so I know my mattress needs flipping. I’ve just done that, and have changed my sheets besides. If anything reminds you you’re single, it’s changing the sheets. You’re changing them because it’s been long enough. It’s time. Not because you got hot’n’sweaty and did wrong-but-so-right [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Being single, Dating, freedom, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Specifically Steff Also tagged accepting it, being a different person, different lover, different people, getting over it, getting past it, growing, hurting, leaving him, moving on, regrets, relationships 8 Comments
Do you ever have those moments when clarity comes up behind you with a baseball bat and beats the hell out of you? You get up, groggy, woozy, disoriented, but shit, you know better now, man. I’ve been avoiding getting into this Vixen thing. The problem with procrastination is that you avoid things so much that you [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Best of Steff, Communication, Dimestore Philosophy, dysfunction, feminism, keeping it real, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Marriage & Other Commitments, Men's Department, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Sex, Sex Education, sex tips, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Also tagged being open, changing, childhood baggage, daughter, dead fish, dead mother, emotional baggage, getting bolder, good lovers, hang-ups, how to get past your upbringing, legacy, losing insecurities, mother, mother's daughter, opening up, parallels, personal demons, personal growth, sex history, sex issues, sexuality, skeletons, toxic history 8 Comments
End-of-Coffee Ponderings