A story of intangible grace. — An involuntary smile blooms from her lips as the song comes drifting through the open window, coloring the linen curtains softly as it passes them, and landing eventually upon the desk where she sits writing. It’s been three nights now that the song has come to her, each night at…

There’s more to know of someone’s body than there are days in life. — Ever feel like your sex life is a little… flaccid? Lacking in excitement? Like your sexybits just aren’t as eager and hungry as they once were? Welcome to adulthood, especially if you’re in a committed relationship. According to this poorly-cited and questionably legitimate article, only 18% of women and 33%…

Brooke had always believed too much in people. — She heard it snap just as she was laying down with her youngest but she forgot about it until she began to put the dishes away. Then she saw it as she pulled the drawer under the stove. She’d set the trap next to the stove since that was where…

And what we can do about it. — ***Trigger warning: this article uses terms and vernacular that may be triggering for victims of sexual assault.*** I was washing dishes the other night listening to the ruckus of my college-age neighbors celebrating Cinco De Mayo, and because I’m an atypical human, I was considering what the conversation might be…

[a poem] — These mountains, the Sangres, black and jagged against a fading summer sky, the remnants of a page ripped from God’s novel. We sit in its wake wondering of which of these unknowable secrets we’ve been robbed. Above, the clouds are the blood of our sins drop-dropped into the ocean of heaven drawing…

[a poem] — Here we are at last, Beloved, vulnerable and naked atop this mountain as from all directions at once the wind whips faceless thunderhead clouds into frightful, fearsome foes. We’ve been climbing for lifetimes, flying on wings of solar rays and starshine bobbing ever-upward buoyant amidst the affectionate collision we can’t seem to avoid…

Six ways to level up the world’s favorite sex position. — According to this and other surveys, Doggy Style is the world’s go-to favorite sex position. And no wonder. It’s hot; it’s fun; it’s comfortable for an extended duration; it’s simple and straightforward. …

The problem of expecting male performance in the bedroom. — There’s a double standard when it comes to performance in the bedroom, and it needs to stop. Before I Dig In… I’d like to say right up front that in this article I’m going to be speaking in gender binary terms. In most of my articles, I try not to do that because I…

It’s time to level up your foreplay. — Blowjobs are kind of like anal. Not because it’s another hole to stick it in, and not because both blowjobs and anal are sexual acts… but because people either love them or hate them, and when they hate them, it’s usually because of either a negative past experience or because…