Making peace with my hometown
Posted by Rona December 6, 2011 at 9:44AM
DEC
06
I grew up wishing I could grow up anywhere but Durham, New Hampshire, where I never fitted in at school, where the few friends I had were other weirdos like me. But for one extraordinary August weekend, Durham was where I most wanted to be. I'd been chosen to speak at my school's first all-class reunion, to people who had juggled their schedules to be there. And suddenly it no longer mattered that no Durham boy had ever asked me out. I had to be there. [more]
Kicking my estrogen habit
Posted by Rona July 27, 2011 at 10:37AM
JUL
27
I never planned to be an estrogen lifer but I seem to be headed that way. I've made two attempts to quit; both times broken sleep and sour moods drove me back to my little blue pills. I've been on estrogen 15 years--three times as long as the maximum that even the most hormone-tolerant doctors recommend. What am I doing to myself? [more]
