by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 10, 2024 | Weekly Column
Anytime I write about dogs I get mail from readers who accuse me of the worst thing they can imagine: “You sound like a CAT PERSON!” Well, yes. But I’m dog-curious. Besides, who stood up for poor Cricket just a few weeks back? When South Dakota’s nutjob governor...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 3, 2024 | Weekly Column
“Hi friend, you got time for a quick convo?” “Ginni Thomas, is that you? I’ve been wondering when you might reach out to me. We Supreme Court Justice wives gotta stick together.” “True that, Martha-Ann. I can’t believe Sammy threw you under the bus like that, saying...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 27, 2024 | Weekly Column
So let’s say you’re a woman walking alone in the woods. Which would you rather encounter unexpectedly—a man or a bear? The question, posed on TikTok a few weeks ago, went viral as they say. Think cholera/bubonic plague/smallpox levels of viral. The reason for...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 20, 2024 | Weekly Column
Hey ladies! Remember a few years ago when they said we shouldn’t take hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats? They said it was bad for you! It could give you cancer! Use guided imagery to power through those sweats and...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 13, 2024 | Weekly Column
I blame Sarah Palin for the Republican male obsession with tough-talkin’, pistol-totin’ women candidates. Remember how “Mama Grizzly” leaned out of helicopters to shoot wolves in her native Alaska? How she killed AND dressed out a moose before dawn? How her hunting...