Widowers

"I don't think I ever got to have a midlife crisis. Can I do that now? Is there an expiration date on such essential rites of passage?" This musing by 70-year-old Percy Darling reveals much about the essence of "The Widower's Tale" by Julia Glass.

Widowers are often eager to remarry but they bring a unique set of baggage you should consider before you jump.

Some real experiences I have had while on dates with widowers.

A "Life and Crimes" summary for the French serial killer, Henri Desire Landru.

Football is a stupid game! I'm taking up watching underwater basket weaving!

Widows and widowers must tread a lonely path after the death of their spouse. Some remarry and recapture some happiness in their lives. But what should you avoid saying to a widow or widower on what was once their wedding anniversary?

If you've experienced the death of a spouse, it is important to understand the impact that prior relationship will have upon your future relationship, often resulting in the development of a "Ghost Triangle".

Five months after marrying my husband, he was killed in a tragic accident. Along the road through grief recovery, I learned how to survive and you can too.

My experience of being a widower and some suggestions for people to use. Probably more for men than women, or perhaps not.

Lend a hand to help an elderly neighbor with yard work or chores around the house.

Rance McKettrick has found someone to love again, but flighty Echo Wells isn't sure she wants to get mixed up with this cowboy father of two.

Sex, dreams, senses, sunrise, similarities.

Rising, meditating, a coffee date, and questioning self re roles and habits

Shaw was profoundly distressed by the plays on the London stage of the 1880s and 1890s.

This article looks at adapting to life after a spouse dies.

A short story of the shadows after nightfall.

Good literature should make you think...and by that definition, this is a very fine novel.

When a senior loved one loses their spouse, it may be difficult to know what to say or do to make them feel better. This article provides advice on helping them cope.

Charles Baudelaire was a tragic genius, who was a writer's writer. His work influence literary freedom of expression around the world!

If anger and anxiety have you in a panic and you have not idea how to start over here are some basic ways to begin.

Jonathan Tropper's novel "How to Talk to a Widower" is a tragic/comedy which investigates Doug Parker and how he mourns his wife.

Uncle Newt was dead and Aunt Shirley was on the prowl. Uncle Everett was to be her prey, with a little help from my mother.

Boston Herald columnist puts it better than anyone else has lost far; American Idol is just appalling

The sympathy seeker does all sorts of things to get attention.

There are no correct or incorrect answers, these are some answers that are based on my personal experience as a widow.

A mystery that teaches you something and keeps your interest with a main character that you can understand and care about.

Community property doesn't always mean what some people think.

A man laments losing his wife to scrapbooking.

Review of the third book in Bayley's trilogy about the death of his wife, novelist Iris Murdoch.