by Debra DeAngelo So, I’m watching my favorite soap opera, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” and once again, the top story is Sarah Palin. Keith and his guest lay into her in gleeful disgust, and I have to wonder yet again, “Why is this woman still...
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by Sivan Butler-Rotholz This past Tuesday was my first day on the job after many months of unemployment. My new employer asked me to come in at noon so that he could prepare for my arrival. I worked six hours Thursday, completed all of my...
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by Sunny Schlenger Do you ever have them? (Do bears poop in the woods?) Dumb arguments are about little things that in the grand scheme of things should never matter. That’s why they’re dumb. But they do matter when at least one person is tired...
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by Sunny Schlenger Take one full moon. Add a piece of tagboard, one glue stick, a pair of scissors and a few favorite magazines. What do you have? A remarkable recipe for fun and sixth sense creativity. I participated in a dreamboard telecircle last weekend...
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by Sunny Schlenger I’ve never been a girly girl. (Except for that brief time during my teens when I joined my peers in the “uniforms” of the day – blouse with Peter Pan collar accented with circle pin, buttoned-down cardigan, skirt with matching knee-high socks...
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by Christy Carl-Sillman I’m going to great lengths to write this column. I’m cheating. I’m breaking all the rules. I’m defying the experts and their advice. It’s true: I am writing this column on my BlackBerry with my sleeping son nestled in my arms. When...
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by Gabriel Cross For greenhouse gases, like so many other things in our environment, too little and too much are equally problematic. Life is a balancing act, a tightrope walk, and anything which tips the balance one way or the other can lead to a...
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by Donald K. Sanders Why does everything have to be so difficult and complicated. Like every morning, I plugged in the coffee pot. It began to make noise: Gurgle, gurgle and gurgle. After a short nap, I scratched my butt and walked to the percolator....
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by Theresa Reichman A while back I came across a Facebook group called, “Disney Gave Me Unrealistic Expectations about Love.” I laughed when I saw it, but then I realized how true this statement is! I mean, let’s face it – real life is not...
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