A few weeks ago, I sat dejected and lonely, pecking away at my latest WIP (for the non-writer…’work-in-progress’) wondering if the...

I love this store. Mostly the prices. I had a serious melt-down, sloppy-cry moment yesterday. It started out as an ordinary day…morning...

I resisted Pinterest for years. My daughters encouraged me to try it, but I couldn’t see the point. Add another time-waster to my day? I...

Living as a Christian is a dramatically altered course, and I set my sails at age 27. Over the years  I have experienced the excesses of...

Each spring, depending on where I live and for how long, I rush out and buy boatloads and buckets of flowering shrubs, impatiens,...

My heart stopped, and my hand slid over my mouth automatically. I could almost feel the liability issues crushing me in a vise-like...

My husband is an even bigger IMAX fan than I am, so when he asked if I wanted to see the latest version of Jack and the Beanstalk (his...

Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air. Johann C.F. von Schuller I ran across this marvelous quote recently,...

“Fire! Fire! AAAAUUUGGGHHH!” I yelled, startled by the intimidating WHOOO-OOSSHHH  behind my back as I  sliced tomatoes, segmented...

Every career niche seems to have its own in-crowd phrasing. When I was in advertising, phrases like “what’s the spiff?” or the acronym...

Something happens to me when I shop in Hunt Valley, an exclusive Baltimore suburb, sporting upscale boutiques and salons. I feel...

A chainsaw in my husband’s hands turns him into a swaggering, spitting, beady-eyed wilderness-subduer. Unfortunately, he recently located...

If I were a cat, I’d lay slim and long in the sun all day. I would be a medium longhair. Less furballs; but still soft and fluffy. My...

Spring cleaning is a ritual I have never embraced. At any given time, I own maybe four cleaning products. Ajax, Fantastick, Windex and...

I have always thought “pose” a nice word; firm, artistic, even stately. For instance, one poses for a photograph. One poses to model...

The past few Academy Awards have left me with little more than a few dry heaves, but Billy Crystal restored much-needed balance to the...

I have recently happened on the zany new trend of “Hotel Bed Jumping” and am certainly intrigued by this phenomenon. First of all, lest...

The gentle voice that mentioned “cooking show” and “you are so much fun” and “we’ll really enjoy you” in the same breath cleverly...