I returned to the gym after a four-month hiatus. My body is screaming at me, but my spirit is smiling indulgently. My intention was to...

Alone. My husband and I met and married in the throes of empty-nesting; and most of our vacations have been accompanied by various...

My grandbaby, Sophia, reduces me to mono-syllabic, unintelligible wads of baby language that I did not even know I could pull out of my...

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...

After two months of living with a Big Dog, conversations with friends that own Big Dogs, and babysitting a neighbor’s Big Dog...

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

Today is Father’s Day, and this theme was eloquently addressed in the church sermon this morning, after all the dads, granddads, and...

It has taken me forever to learn the game, but even longer to figure out the nuances, and longer still to craft a few of my own. This...

In the wake of my daughter’s six-week visit – which included a 14-month old, an eight-year old and a German Shepherd, I am left with...

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

Bonnie is my oldest daughter. She turns 29 this week. She and her husband have been stationed in Sicily the last two and a half years....

I have fond memories of child-rearing. At least I think I do. I had four children in seven years. What was I thinking? My kids were...

I realized in short order that the monster vines were pretty much connected and that I needed to find the roots. This took a bit of...

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...

Without it, people are unable to deal appropriately with stress, anger, heartbreak…and lots of other emotional dilemmas; for instance,...

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...

A woman’s mouth can move faster than any other part of her body. I discovered this last Saturday when I was invited to speed-walk with a...