“The Hunger Games” Satisfies This Fan’s Appetite
Thursday night I sat in the theater for two hours waiting for the lights to dim and for The Hunger Games to finally begin. It had been a long wait after reading the trilogy almost a year ago and finally getting to see it on the big screen. I was nervous to say the...
A Case of Misplaced Identity
When the time came that my children had both gone off to college and I was (finally!) able to do whatever I wanted, I was surprised to discover that I had no idea what whatever I wanted was. Having spent twenty years as a stay-at-home mother, I was suddenly...
Fame vs Art vs Security: Can You Have it All?
At the age of nine, I was nominated the next Rosie O’Donnell for my fourth-grade class superlatives. In the sixth grade, I made a gossip magazine on Microsoft Word about my classmates. When I got into middle school, I tested out the school paper and continued it every...
Duck Season? Rabbit Season? Wedding Season!
Alasha, Please help! I am really struggling with being single these days. It feels like everywhere I turn a friend or acquaintance is getting married. I am looking at three RSVP cards I have to mail for upcoming weddings. Now I have to try and find three dates. I fear...
Health For A Lifetime-Part II: Adjusting Your Mind For Better Health
In Part I of this essay, I wrote about a new Harvard study documenting something that many of us have always known – that it’s possible to slow the aging process through certain simple changes in the way we eat and exercise. I encouraged you to make a list of...
Tina Fey and me. Separated at birth. Sort of.
Before I go into my rant about Tina Fey, who is a close and personal friend of mine….not, I just want you to know that I was on my Twitter page and my “Who to follow” showed Mitt Romney. Where is my mother ship and how can I get back home to Toto? He needs to be...
Capriz: When You’re Here, You’re Our Guest
I never call a manager over for good service. I’ve seen my parents tell managers how great or poor their service was when we dine out, but I’ve never felt the need to call a manager over to my table to tell him or her how wonderful my dining experience was until I...
The Opinionated Bitch – On Fishin’ and Thinkin’
We've had an unseasonably warm Midwest winter, so it was no surprise the Punxsutawney rodent was wrong and spring came early. Never trust a big rat. The robins have been here since the first week in February, the jonquils have been in bloom since the first of March...
The Honest Choice Pays! Even When You Don’t Think You’re Being Kind.
This may not be about the use of the word “honest” we usually think of. Yet, it is about dishonesty. It’s about us being dishonest with ourselves and with our relationship with others. It’s more about us not saying NO, when in all honesty that’s what, deep down...
Which Way? This Spanish Pilgrimage Is For You
"You don't choose a life, you live one" -The Way As travel enthusiasts, my husband and I are always thinking about the next trip, and the next, and the next. We are currently planning five trips; three official, one that may or may not happen, and one to occur...
The Opinionated Bitch – Trayvon Martin is Everyone’s Son
The news feed is flooded with stories on the shooting death of a teenaged black youth in Sanford, Florida named Trayvon Martin. As with all issues in this country, there are two competing camps with diametrically opposed views as to what happened. Truthfully, I...
Nothing Says America Like a Racist Bumper Sticker
With the presidential election coming up in eight months, there are bumper stickers on almost every car depicting whether they are democrat or republican. Some are about change, others are about focusing on the family (in other words, don’t let the gays get married)....