My husband and I have been wanting to go to an art museum to see a Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit, but we keep opting to do things outdoors instead, because the weather is so nice here. What do you want to do this weekend? We should do the Georgia O’Keeffe thing. Yeah, we should. (Pause, about […]
Unfashionably Late
When I was growing up, we were always late. We were late to church almost every Sunday, including on my Confirmation, when I ran in through the double doors just as my fellow confirmands were proceeding up the center aisle. Pastor Kridler grabbed me by the arm, threw a cross necklace around my neck and […]
I, Too, Feel Bad About My Neck
I hope I’m not plagiarizing Nora Ephron, but I’m a firm believer that mimicry is the most adorable form of flattery and I need all the help I can get. Especially in the neck area. At 55, I’m long overdue for night creams and wrinkle reducers and youth serums and other products that I […]
Competing in the Pink Eye Event
I’m one of those people who only watches the Olympics to see the ice dancers get pushed to the brink and plot each others’ kneecap injuries. (I also watch the Superbowl for the commercials and I read Playgirl for the articles.) So I didn’t think I was missing much by skipping the Winter Olympics in […]
A Writer’s Nerdist Colony
I spent the past four days at a writers’ conference and I feel like I just left church camp with a bunch of friendship bracelets. Anytime you get any group of people who do the same thing for a living or have the same hobby and you stick them in the same hotel conference room […]
Reuse, Recycle, Re-diculous
My friend Lynn put a question to my “Home Sweet Homes” readers and it was this: What can I do to repurpose old trophies? The silence was deafening. Except for the screams coming from the DIY no-waste gods, who had met their match in Lynn and her closetful of soccer participation trophies. I’d heard of […]