by Leslie Cole | Apr 28, 2022 | In the Feminine
From a very early age, all I wanted was to be pretty. I’d skip over the cracked and buckled sidewalks in our middle-class neighborhood of 1920’s bungalows, past the alley that ran behind the widow ladies houses with the metal trash cans and chain link fences, praying...
by Leslie Cole | Apr 28, 2022 | In the Feminine
I’m tired. I haven’t had a massage since sometime last summer. And even then, it was one of those Thai places in a strip mall where you kinda feel beat up after you leave. My last therapeutic massage with hot stones, reiki and real spa music was in Mexico last March....
by Leslie Cole | Apr 19, 2022 | In the Feminine
Friday morning, I drive out to an older suburb of Kansas City, nursing the last dregs of my Panera dark roast, half-calf, pull up to a modest blue ranch and park. My grandmother lived only about a half-mile from this cute little house with the cheerful Easter wreath...
by Leslie Cole | Apr 19, 2022 | In the Feminine
Hi, I’m Leslie! Some of you have been around awhile. And, I love you so much. Thank you for reading me! Others of you are new friends. So I’m taking a moment to introduce myself, just in case you think I’m some girl who likes to shop, go to spin class and pole dance....
by Leslie Cole | Apr 11, 2022 | In the Feminine
I couldn’t help it. I bought this top Saturday. I’d been watching it in the shop window all week. Every time I thought about going in to try it on, my rational brain tsk-tsked. You don’t need that! What about our budget!! Sometimes you just have to step out… Of the...
