This has been a very emotional election season for me. Mostly because I am a Democrat and my husband is a Republican. Some of you might be thinking, “How is that possib...
This week I've been suffering. Weak, cranky, and exasperated with my body, I make every effort to move my fingers and type this article. I have a urinary tract infection....
Part I -- This blog keeps getting truncated, so I'm breaking it in two San Jose, COSTA RICA -- I am not a morning person. To put it mildly. My mother swears that once whe...
I’m with Philosophy, but I’m not strong enough to take a political break this close to the election. I’m having my own version of a nervous breakdown. I can’t sle...
Good job Olympic breaths. The 11th inning let's get the hell out of Dodge and bust rule specially conjured for the last baseball Olympics (for a while) is a real loser. T...
"Aaaaa-choo!" my nose announced, one beautiful blue October day. The woman next to me gave me a look as a snuffled in order to keep snot from cascading down my face. She ...
Blog Action Day... a day when all bloggers join together for a good cause. This year's topic is poverty. We've all heard about poverty, we've all seen it on television an...
Are you tired of politics, yet? Back in the day, politics and religion were considered taboo for polite conversation. It wasn't to silence people's rights; rather, it was...
So, I'm flipping through the paper yesterday, skimming the bad news and looking for diversion-y stuff to read, and I came across a pet column. Someone wrote in to say the...
















