Summer of Men
Summer of Men, KetiDesire disappeared. Then it returned. Twice. On sex, love & dating in midlife.
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Art by my sister, Rilke
July 15, 2026
Four and a half years ago I deleted the dating apps.
Last week, right before my fifty-sixth birthday, I downloaded them again.
Much has changed.
Apparently tall, dark, handsome men in their 30s ar...
It's Summer Again: I think I'm looking for another lover
A year ago, this Substack began with a stack of dollar store notebooks filled with the journal entries I wrote during what became my Summer of Men. They were pages from a time in my life when, after spending my almost sexless forties going...
Sister Date Night: Cookie Dough & Cock (P.2)
A man who loves it all, the best kind of man. Taking off my undies...
Continued from Part 1
Sister Date Night (P.1): Cookie Dough & Cock
After microwaving one and a half squares of raw cookie dough each, testing the consistency, putting it back in for another 8 seconds, we take our places on the couch (Rilke on the left, me on the right) and turn on our new favorite dating s...
My Mom Met Burt Reynolds. Some Women Just Do.
I have a couple of friends who seem to meet men everywhere, like my mom. The elevator, Trader Joe’s, the auto mechanics, department stores, at the airport.
“I didn’t even know it at first,” my mom had told me. “It was Burt Reynolds.”
“Did...
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Desire disappeared. Then it returned. Twice. On sex, love & dating in midlife. Award-winning author of STRIP: A Memoir.
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