Police are being tight-lipped about their investigation into what caused the December 8 explosion near downtown Pleasanton that totally destroyed an East Angela Street house and left… Read more “Blaze that left woman seriously injured ruled “suspicious,” while she and her husband were in bankruptcy and their house was in foreclosure”
Category: Moms on the Verge
More than Just a Housewife: Considering the Contributions of Local Stay-at-Home Moms, Now, and in the Past
TV and movies are having fun these days examining the dark side of the America suburban dream, especially its origins in the 1950s and 1960s. This was… Read more “More than Just a Housewife: Considering the Contributions of Local Stay-at-Home Moms, Now, and in the Past”
I Woke Up This Morning Crying
This morning I dreamt I went back to the house where my husband and I lived when our son was small. It was a beautiful house with… Read more “I Woke Up This Morning Crying”
Is the Gilded Age Over for Some Contra Costa Housewives?
The other week I met an old high school friend at Yellow Wood Coffee and Tea in Alamo. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, and… Read more “Is the Gilded Age Over for Some Contra Costa Housewives?”
What I Want For Christmas: A Sexy Dick Cheney Calendar
The publisher of Halfway to Concord recently came across a great idea for those of struggling to find a gift for that friend or relative who seems… Read more “What I Want For Christmas: A Sexy Dick Cheney Calendar”
Mom on the Verge: “I can’t talk to anyone. It’s so horrible. I’m so sad.”
These are the poignant lines uttered by a suburban mom on the verge. She’s Betty Draper, the young, blond, pretty seemingly perfect 1960 housewife in the critically… Read more “Mom on the Verge: “I can’t talk to anyone. It’s so horrible. I’m so sad.””
Walnut Creek mom charged with holding Peruvian nanny as indentured servant
Apparently, it happens more than we’d like to think in affluent communities like Walnut Creek: locals bringing in people from poor countries to work for them in… Read more “Walnut Creek mom charged with holding Peruvian nanny as indentured servant”
Diagnosis: GEC and TNU
Okay, after a week of actually sleeping close to eight hours a night for the first time in years—and without the aid of my new Ambien prescription—I… Read more “Diagnosis: GEC and TNU”
Sometimes I Gotta Ask: What’s the Point?
That’s right. I often wake up in dread: a grinding in my stomach, a whirring in my head. What’s the point, I ask myself, again and again.… Read more “Sometimes I Gotta Ask: What’s the Point?”
Should I Care if My Husband Looks at Porn?
Recently, I opened my October issue of The Atlantic, which features an essay asking the very provocative question, “Is Pornography Adultery?” As I read it, and contemplated… Read more “Should I Care if My Husband Looks at Porn?”
Crazy in Suburbia 