Hayden Lake Authors Have Good News For Single Women

Sun., June 4, 1995

Dan Webster Staff Writer

Most of us have no clue about how to achieve happiness. None of us can ensure it. But Hayden Lake authors Ione Jenson and Julie Keene have a theory about how single women can at least make their lives better.

The two have co-written “Woman Alone: Creating a Joyous and Fulfilling Life.” Their method, which involves creating support systems, taking advantage of community social opportunities and seeking spiritual solace, is the focus of workshops that they regularly teach.

Jenson and Keene will read from and sign copies of their book at 7 p.m. Saturday at Auntie’s Bookstore, Main and Washington. Or, for more information, call (208) 772-2816.

Just for guys

Men’s magazines are growing in number. Aside from the traditional men’s mags, Playboy, Penthouse and - on a more literary level, Esquire and GQ - we have Men’s Health, Men’s Journal and more.

Now comes word of something called Matter for Men, which some observers have dubbed the mag for the man with “less brawn and more brain.” According to a press release, publisher Lawrence Rose defines his readers as “sensitive, able to cry, communicative and aware.”

Here’s a story sampling from an early issue: a look at exercise in the ‘90s, sports medicine, the difficulty of understanding women’s conversation, the new Mercedes models, the difficulties of working for a woman boss, and a fashion spread that claims it’s OK for guys to wear “lighter linens.”

Life without women

Spokane author Mitch Finley offers this quote from the book “Makes Me Wanna Holler” by Nathan McCall:

“Before prison, I’d been aware, but not really conscious, that there was a vast psychic difference between men and women. And I’d never really considered what women added to the world. Then I realized that if prison was any indication, a world without women would be crazy, stark raving mad. It became clearer than ever to me that women brought a lot to the table that the world couldn’t do without. They brought balance, beauty of spirit and sanity. Lots and lots of simple sanity. I’d seen some who were as messed up in the head as any man, but all things considered, women generally knew more about being human beings than most men I’d come across.”

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Common Ground is written on alternating weeks by Dan Webster and Rebecca Nappi. Write to them in care of The Spokesman-Review, Features Department, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210-1615. Or fax, (509) 459-5098.