Ameriwoman
Sep16

Ameriwoman

  Are women settling in their relationships in order to achieve the Ameriwoman dream of having it all? A high rising professional career, 2 kids, sous chef with a cooking show on the side and actually reading 50 shades of boring for book club in order to get that damned diamond whether we have to scratch, claw, and bleed ourselves crazy?   I recently read an article about a women in NYC on the DailyMail.UK (a reputable...

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Youthinkyouknowme
Aug15

Youthinkyouknowme

  You think you know me as you sit across from me in the subway your bored gaze sliding up from the floor to my perfectly manicured toes festooned in a brilliant shade of Mai Tai Pink. But you don’t. You don’t know how often those toes have curled in frustration, straining out of towering heels with an unyielding desire to be back on solid footing, running through grass or jumping off piers into water and feeling nothing below,...

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Closure
Jul15

Closure

  Rookerville welcomes its newest writer to the team, Mali Rose.  Enjoy. Be your own hero and Close the Damn Chapter  Is there a difference between external closure (that which we get from others or circumstance) and internal closure (that which we make for ourselves)? Is one perhaps better than the other?  If we often can never attain the “Notebook” movie-ending closure that we crave, can we create our own closure through...

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