Remember that time in January when I said we should all wait to make New Year's Resolutions until we are a few months into the year and it's not just miserable, cold, and dark outside? Well, how'd we all do? Did any of you wait until the snow melted, the flowers started to bloom, and the sun stayed up til after 7 pm? Yeah, me either. Today is May 2, a Saturday. A dark, rainy, and unseasonably cool start to the unofficial beginning of the summer months. Three weeks ago m

What is the worst part about the holidays? Ask just about anyone and they will tell you the same thing. Now that the holiday season is over, there's nothing else to look forward to, it's just dark and cold. Actually, the 'ber months have always been my favorite of the entire year, even when I was a kid. The beautiful sunsets as I am driving home from work, the crispness in the air, changing leaves, and of course, football. We celebrate spooky season with glowing pumpkins

It's November 1. Or, as I have decided to call it, "NO-vember". At 58, having survived what I have survived, endured what I have endured, and enjoyed what I have enjoyed, I have entered that phase of my life in which I no longer tolerate things and people around me that don't bring me the joy, love, and the respect that I have earned. I have also learned how to walk away and not look back, and it is the most freeing feeling I have ever experienced. This time last year, I b

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I'll go ahead and admit it. I'm a scoffer. Or rather.....I was. Like many of us, I come home from work and lay like a slug on the...

There are certain phrases that we hear during our lives that really stick with us. When you're a child, it's usually something like...

We have now entered that time of year in which life goes on well past the end of the workday. Human beings are finally venturing out...

Since I started this blog several years ago, I have made a concerted effort to avoid the two P's - being preachy or political. We get...

Last week, I did something I've wanted to do for a long time. I bought a record player. It's not just any record player. It is a full...

Well, it's been a minute, hasn't it? In my every day life, I generally don't speak unless I have something to say. People often think...

I write a lot about my Grandma Ruth. Many of the things that I cook are her recipes. You can't go wrong with Italian, right? It's only...

Let's be honest, no matter how much we love our jobs, there will always be days when we feel like we've been beaten about the face and...

I want to tell you a story. In the 30-plus years since I experienced this strange and life changing event, I have only shared this story...

It seems like just yesterday I was joyfully celebrating the birth of my first grandchild. If I'm being brutally honest, it seems like...

I sit here on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in October, my favorite time of year, stuck inside because I've had a cold all week. OK,...

After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus brought on by COVID-19, I finally returned to the stage in September as Mrs. Sarah Strakosh in the...

I've had a few random visitors to my website this week (Hello? Who do I know in L.A.?), and every time a notification pops up, I think...

Unless you've spent the last two years under a slab of concrete, you know that the job climate has basically imploded. When Covid hit, I...

Well, we've survived that dreaded time of year. No, not pollen season, although here in the South they are not mutually exclusive. I'm...

I have a confession to make. I let my car's registration lapse. For two years. I'm not proud, but in my defense, Covid-19 hit just a...