To Square a Circle

1. It's a commonplace these days to say that women in their 50s are invisible. If you haven't experienced it, lucky you. You can rea...

Hmmmm. It's 10:30pm on Monday (Labor Day), and I just realized I should have written a blog post today. Oops. I guess I had a little too...

If you're someone who already has a fitness routine or exercise program going, move along, there will be nothing for you in this post. T...

Another slightly edited old post, from my old blog , originally posted August 10, 2009, followed up with a bit of new stuff.  Since we haven...

According to the Four Tendencies , Upholders are people who readily meet both internal and external expectations. In other words, if they de...

1. MadMax heads back to school on Saturday. I will miss him, and I will also be happy to get back to empty nesting. Both feelings at the sam...

As it turns out, I wasn't sick, it was just the smoke. And the smoke has continued to be bad-- in fact, it was much worse last week beca...

Between the snuffling and the sneezing and the coughing, and then the sinus/throat irritation because of all the smoke, I'm taking this ...

1. Remember the room-sized air-conditioner I told you about last week? It is finally working great, and it's a good thing because it...

(I'm not entirely sure which # number celebration we're up to, but I'm going with eight.) Both kids are home this week, and Pell...