Life Out Loud

If you can read and share this, thank a preschool teacher

Thursday, December 5, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt pays honor to those arsenals of construction paper and paste, boo-boo magicians and holiday program planners we call preschool teachers.

Give thanks for traditional feast fare

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Don’t let the waistline police interfere with your holiday menus. Columnist Kym Seabolt urges readers to just say ‘no’ to nouvelle cuisine.

A new friend and family plan: Parents

Thursday, November 21, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

It’s time for parents to stand up and be parents, not friends, says columnist Kym Seabolt.

Christmas: To have and to hoard

Thursday, November 7, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt reflects on holiday shopping and stampeding toy riots.

Don your grown-up get-ups for Halloween and every day in between

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kym Seabolt has just the Halloween costume suggestion for you adults: How about the “Sensitive Male” get-up, or the “Informed Voter” disguise?

Shop ’til you drop your senses

Thursday, October 24, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kym Seabolt’s mother never bought a Veg-O-Matic based on the lure of TV commercials, so her daughter is not about to succomb to the lure of the “Perfect Pancake” maker, either.

Giving credit where credit is past-due

Thursday, October 17, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt promises she’d pay her $76 gas bill - if she actually had natural gas service. Collection agents still hound her for the fictional bill.

Love beyond measure: Wine glasses for weddings, mugs for marriage

Thursday, October 10, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

It’s just an old coffee mug, but for columnist Kym Seabolt, it’s a symbol of wedded bliss: slightly worn, slightly comforting, but always present.

Smoke obscures reality, mortality

Thursday, October 3, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt says the anti-smoking warriors and the surgeon general just don’t get it: Teens are immortal.

Getting real with reality television

Thursday, September 26, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Why, oh why, do Americans like watching “reality TV?” Columnist Kym Seabolt wants to know (and to vote off the real network executives).