Breathing well is the best revenge
I wish I could time-travel back to the newsroom where I lost the good fight, trying to get my editor to let some fresh air
Small Talk
A new year and bigger waistline
I want to offer a salute of solidarity to all who may have overindulged just a tad during the last few weeks.
Outside the box gift ideas
This may be the Christmas to forgo the sequined sweater and bad ties that only address the outer self.
The Red Badge of Coolness
Even the kids who end up on crutches relish that handful of days when they get to be a minor celebrity.
My gifts have gotten a bad wrap
A survey says that the holiday chore people hate the most is wrapping presents. Just hearing that was the best Christmas gift I could get.
Small Talk: Catalog industry has my number
I have a love-hate relationship with catalogs. I always succumb and order something, so by November, my mailbox begins to runneth over.
Small Talk: On front lines of the cold war
Cases of colds and flu are turning up more because we have been masked for so long.
Small Talk: Boys in the attic
The attic. In song and story, it is the exotic location of many a mystery, the discovery of a valuable heirloom or the frigid domicile
Small Talk: Soot yourself
I came home to find a strange man in the garage. He was covered with black smudges and had dark hair, a dark beard and
Small Talk: I trusted; you didn’t deliver
I think this time hurt the worst because I was very slow to warm up to email.
