Our friend, Gary Burr, is a GIGANTIC Nashville singer/songwriter. He also writes hilarious email “musings”. Google him. garyburr.com....

“Call curtain guy” has been on my to do list since last September when our bathroom project was complete. I do lists. Daily. And I am not...

In pilates we lay face up on reformer machines. Our knees up. Lori, our wonderful instructor, explains the movement as she walks by me...

This needed to be reprinted. Originally published in Chicago Parent. Yay, it's May, which brings Mother's Day. A Hallmark day I need to...

Rory got the name “agenda baby” early on from Shane. He would dump blocks out and then move them from point A to point B for hours....

Karla's dad passed away last month. Jill was in the ICU with her father over the weekend. It seems, a neighbor points out; we're getting...

A few of you asked me to reprint the article I was talking about in "Tidying Up". I love when you talk to me!! Thank you all for your...

No one in my family knows me. I mean, you would think. But. I am Kondo-ing: the Netflix guru who tells us to tidy up has inspired me....

One American. Two American. Three American. Seems like seconds, huh? But count to four Americans and you will know how long I stand...

This is IT? I am in the middle of a group of college Freshmen, exotic and new to my eyes as tropical fish. Shiny shirted girls and...

Easier To Say Than To Teach Henry James said it way back when “…the three things in human life that are in important…be kind…be kind...

In the summer, sweating in the air conditioned Toyota, I ask Who turned on my seat warmer? But it’s never on. Just my body adjusting to...