Articles in The Vine

I’ve written this email and erased it a handful of times for reasons I can’t completely explain. Maybe I really don’t want to know the answer to the question, or that this show scarred me …

I’m hoping the Tomato Nation will be able to help me find a book that I read in high school. It was for an English class during my junior or senior year, 1991-1993. We had …

Over the years I’ve seen the Vine readers come through for many people on hard-to-find or discontinued items, so I’m hoping they can help me. Basically, I need new underwear!
For years I was a bikini-underwear …

My husband and I have a casual friend who is a musician in Eastern Europe. We are not very close and don’t keep in touch regularly; we met several years ago at a folk-dancing event …

I am on the hunt for the perfect work bag. I have tons of large shoulder purses that would work, but I do a lot of walking and have a lot of stuff in my bag, and …

I am a longtime reader and have honestly found myself in an anxiety-creating moral pickle (so to speak…though being in a literal moral pickle might be rather nice!).
Here is the short version: I was in …

I have a question about a topic I know is near and dear to you — snacks! Well, snacks and other food, and I’m hoping the TN readers can help with some suggestions.
I’m fat, …

This might be a “friendships have a lifespan” question, but it seems a little more complicated than that, and I could use some perspective.
“C” and I have been friends since college. She is a year …

My younger sister is about to have her first baby. I am thrilled for her and have been very supportive — gave her all my baby gear, lots of advice (mostly when asked for, heh), …

My daughter told me today that she really, really, really does not want to participate in her upcoming high-school graduation ceremony. I think I’m okay with this, but…
On the one hand I am thrilled to …