writer, blogger, crafty woman
The next time you hear kids playing outside, take a minute away from your constant diatribe about how kids these days should spend more time outdoors and away from their iPads, and make a quick call to the police to have that kid picked up and plopped in front of a foster family’s wide-screen. Because […]
My husband and I were on a really nice streak of going to concerts. From little clubs where local musicians sing in gravely voices, wear flannel shirts and play dulcimers, to big concert venues with pyrotechnics and $10 beers, and lots in between. One blues band we saw played car mufflers that their dad had […]
My husband and I occasionally grocery shop together now. I used to think that was something only dorky newlyweds did, but that premise was a trick by my husband to get out of helping me shovel two carts of groceries into our house every week. Back when our kids were young, if he were to […]
First off, I’d like to thank you for agreeing to this interview. You are quite the elusive celebrity! Yes, well, I wouldn’t quite call myself a celebrity. I haven’t been on a single red carpet, even though I know the exact location of every single one. I mean, honestly, if anyone could find their way […]
I have got to stop clicking on these links for lists of books that you have got to read by the time you die or you’re a pathetic illiterate lazypants. Really. I mean, I’m 56-years-old and I’m still falling for book recommendations from people who don’t know me, my reading tastes, or my penchant for sarcastic literature […]
If you read the headline and are considering skipping this, reconsider. Think you’ll never visit San Francisco’s Chinatown? You’re wrong. You will. According to my statistics 75 percent of the people I have met casually or better have been here to visit in the past 22 months. The other 25 percent have firm plans to […]
