Tis the season of eggs. Eggs laid. Eggs hatching. Candy eggs. Colored eggs for Easter baskets. And pickled eggs. Have you heard of them? My childhood in northeastern Pennsylvania was made purple-y fabulous because my father […]
Spring is our family’s season of desperation. “In life you need either inspiration or desperation.” ~ Tony Robbins You know the season. The one that has more obligations than time. The one where you sleep […]
I miss my grandmothers. My living grandmother, Lillian, lives 3,000 miles away. She is almost 100 years old and her motto is, “Keep smiling, it works for me.” My deceased grandmother, Eva, died 30 years […]
Because you are smart and you love chocolate, you may be thinking, “How absurd to be happy without chocolate” or even better, “Why would anyone choose to be without chocolate in the first place?” On […]
Last Monday was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Mondays can be like that. Take for example, this Monday. No, no, no I’m not going to tell you what made this morning bumpy. […]
The Best Day of My Life by American Authors caught my ear and I felt super cool bringing the song to my teen son, Ian. Too late; he was already humming along with this catchy, light […]
A bazillion years ago I was searching for the meaning of life. What that sentence lacks in originality, I make up for with empathy for seekers. Flailing, suffering and confused at the time, now I […]
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