I get my ass kicked. Everyone around me jumped up and down in Lululemon workout gear, while I sported the very latest in ratty maternity wear circa 2005. Not that I just had a baby or anything as frightening as that. It’s just that all my comfy, old maternity clothes wound up as pajamas […]
“Little House,” The (Much) Later Years
When I was 8 years old, my parents gave me a set of books for Christmas that remains, to this day, one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever received. They were beautiful. A matched row of hardback books in soft colors with gold lettering, with titles guaranteed to make any young girl a lifelong reader, […]
Summer Workouts. Maybe I Should’ve Started in the Spring
As the weather gets warmer and clothes get, well…smaller, I decided it was time to get into shape for summer. Nothwithstanding the knowledge that unless you’re 12, with the tone and definition of youth, AND you can lose 10 pounds on a 3-day juice cleanse, summer is, admittedly, a bit late to get in shape […]
Hello, Rosetta Stone? How Fast Can I Learn Mandarin?
Most people, when asked, can tell you quickly whether they are city mice or country mice. My sister loves New York, with the lights, the energy, the theater, the shopping, the dining, and everything associated with sophisticated, urban living. I would rather live on an isolated Kansas wheat farm than spend a weekend in NY. […]
Next Time, I’m Reading the Instructions
Went shopping this week and bought some new sneakers with little balance pods on the soles. Kind of weird looking, little spongy pads guaranteed to improve your balance and posture “while you walk!” Who could resist? One might think that after three decades of working in sales, I would at least be a tad skeptical, […]
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