Breaking up with the big box stores
Why is it that the so-called "big box" home improvement warehouses (named after the merchandise or their resemblance to big boxes, no one knows...
Focusing on the positives of your loved one is best
Having been laid out like a limp rag with a stomach bug has given me plenty of time to think. First, I think the...
The great goat escape
Regular readers will recall that I recently stalked, er, assisted, a woman in finding a home for her wayward goat.Eavesdropping in a local salon...
Confessions of an ‘early’ rummage junkie
If I’d had any sense I would have started writing for this paper years ago. I could really have used the free subscription....
What’s so great about Ohio? Let me tell you
Most women go to the beautician for highlights, lowlights, maybe a deep condition. Me, I go for livestock.There are numerous charming reasons why I...
Parenting or grandparenting loud and proud? Keep at it
As a veteran sports mom, I have logged more than my fair share of time on the sidelines of various youth sporting events. I...
Infidelity is not an oops
Upon ironclad confirmation that superstar golfer Tiger Woods had engaged in a pattern of marital infidelity of such scope, breadth and sheer numbers that...
You are (not) here
"Wherever you go, there you are."First, let me state for the record that I fully realize that you have only petty, first world problems...
Packin’ it in
If I should ever have to evacuate in one of those horrible "you have 10 minutes to take anything of value and get out"...
Give me that merit badge, give me that badge
If I have learned anything from my years as a Scout Parent -- first with Cub Scouts (cute) and then Boy Scouts (cute, but...
