Christmas Crow
My husband and I are polar opposites in many, if not most, ways. He is athletic. I have two left feet and no more...
I am dreaming of a just right Christmas
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." -- Erma Bombeck
Some gather on the eve and...
The gifter that keeps on giving very badly
There is a long-accepted seasonal stereotype that says that women love to give amazing gifts and men are incapable of doing so.
Chuckles abound...
The more you give, the more you receive
Last week, my son opened a door to a pantry full of food and proclaimed that there was nothing to eat. Granted, he is...
The pros and cons of Christmas pro shopping
In life there are two kinds of people: those who start shopping for Christmas Dec. 26 of the previous year, and those who wait...
We can’t be forever 15
Nothing will knock you out of a navel-gazing haze of self-indulgence over rapidly advancing age -- "Wait? What's that? Another wrinkle?" -- quite like...
School trip is growing experience — for me
Our sixth-grade son, Wonderboy, has gone to camp. Camp being yet another thing the school district cooked up specifically to test me.
Much like...
I’m the boss of me, the slacker
The best thing about the writing life is, of course, the commute — mainly that there isn’t one. I work from home. I can,...
Every child should have a barn
It is often said that every boy should have a dog. That does sound nice. What I truly believe, however, is that every boy...
But wait! There’s not more
Remember when the news was newsworthy?News, of course, is anything you learn that you didn't know before. Using that definition almost anything is technically...
