I know I just skipped over Halloween and Thanksgiving, but with retail folks urging the purchase of holiday gifts now (because of manufacturing shortages and mail delivery delays), I thought I’d share my least favorite toys for kids. I know I may offend some with this, but I am prepared to share my reasoning. As…

A comment I received this week had me thinking a lot about women’s faces and aging. I’m 47 and not quite at the age where people might say, Oh she must have been pretty …. once. Or She has a handsome face. And believe me, none of those comments would truly be insulting. And nor…

Dancing with the Stars premiered this week. I was excited to watch because the mean sensei Martin Kove from Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid fame is competing for the mirror ball, in addition to Melanie C, a.k.a. Sporty Spice, Brian Austin Green, and The Bachelor’s Matt James. I was also interested in seeing what…

The pandemic has brought certain pet peeves of mine to the surface. I share a few examples, mainly for your mild entertainment and/or to see if we have some commonalities. Smart phones are not people, people! Part of the reason the movie Her (with my beloved Joaquin Phoenix) weirded some viewers is because smart phones,…

Greetings this Labor Day Sunday! The irony is not lost on me that on the holiday that celebrates workers and their accomplishments, I’m over here celebrating my laziest weekend accomplishments ever. (Cheers to all the couch potatoes.) We are entering what I like to affectionately call pumpkin spice weather. It’s cooler, the sky is brighter,…

I’m thinking about getting a bowling night started with my co-workers. I’d love to start a league, because I’ve never played group sports and in my head I imagine it would be a good way to socialize. I don’t have a ton of what I would call good friends. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no…

Happy Sunday to All! Two things are on my mind today. Both are connected in their ability to help one survive: back-to-school supplies and the fascinating tools contestants use on The History Channel’s show Alone. I’ll explain. Today, I went to two retailers to find a few missing school supplies for my lady’s first grade…

As a little girl, one of the coolest rites of passage is participating in the age-old tradition of the sleepover. In the 1980s version (probably not too far off base from today’s version), they involved sleeping bags on living room or bedroom floors, an introduction to the scary slasher movies, the occasional seance, junk food,…

Just like everyone else — or mostly everyone else — I haven’t traveled in a long time. I’m too scared to air travel, but I am debating about a road trip somewhere. When I was growing up in Pasadena (Maryland, not California) summer road trips were my family’s jam. We’d drive in our van (with…

No, I’m not going to review the 2000 blockbuster featuring Nic Cage and Angelina Jolie, although I would have given it a thumbs up for sure. I wanted to slow rant about an encounter I experienced. Basically, I’m wondering if I’m petty or not petty. You, dear reader, be the judge. It was 7:59 at…