Screen free is not scream free for me
April 18-24 is Screen-Free Week. Since 1996, organizers have exhorted us to turn off screens via the implementation of Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff).Ever since...
What would Jackie O. do?
I find as I age that I look to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for parenting advice.
Fashion night at Tractor Supply
You know that moment when you make that fateful decision and say "Who am I going to see at the Tractor Supply at 7:30...
Love and loss, pride and joy
"I can't find Pikachu."You wouldn't think those words would strike fear in a woman's heart but oh, let me tell you, they do. Pikachu...
House hunting for dummies
Does there exist a blog, website, or even random street corner where people can meet to poke merciless fun at the people featured on...
Life’s too short for mindless chores
Matching up socks, I'm fairly sure, is a task they make you do repeatedly in hell. I used to carefully match and pair different...
The Tao of Taylor Swift
"This is life before you know who you're gonna be ... At Fifteen." -- Taylor Swift Apparently a recent column detailing the drama...
Where there’s smoke
All things considered, I think that the moment you are shouting "fire" is not likely to rank among your finest culinary accomplishments. Although you...
Beware the menace of the trees
I can’t live anywhere where the trees aren’t of voting age. It’s preferable that they could have possibly voted for Lincoln. I do love...
Mean, tweens and go-betweens
This nonsense about being a role model for youth is exhausting. Apparently, upon becoming a parent, you are supposed to set an example for...