Indie Bookstores Rock!

Indie Bookstores Rock!

Indie bookstores by name alone, sound like a hip place to hang out. “Indie” started with the music scene and by nature connotes feelings of creativity, freedom, uniqueness and independence.  It’s a world of happiness and happenings—a cool place to be. One of my...
Chocolate Easter Bunny: All Ears

Chocolate Easter Bunny: All Ears

I love Easter. I love the colorful candy. I love the cute baskets. I love egg hunts and treasure hunts. Most of all, I love the chocolate Easter Bunny that lords over the entire basket. When my kids were little, they cracked open the plastic seal on their Peter...
March Madness:  The Final Four

March Madness: The Final Four

For the first time ever, I am consumed by March Madness. I kind of paid attention over the years, enough to know Duke and North Carolina are the top teams for what seems like forever—maybe Kentucky too. Crazily, I recognize Duke’s coach. He looks the same except his...
Cyclist Safety: A Fresh Idea

Cyclist Safety: A Fresh Idea

In my recent memoir, Alive and Fixable, my chapter “Cyclists And Saints” describes my fix for keeping Hubby safe when he rides.  I was out of sorts when Hubby was in a terrible, terrible accident back in 2010. Mostly because he was hurt, but why? It didn’t...
Green Food For St. Patrick’s Day

Green Food For St. Patrick’s Day

“Tons of customers are buying cauliflower pizza crusts,” my friend, a part-time checker at a local fine-foods store informed me. I kind of liken cauliflower pizza crust to spaghetti-squash “noodles.” Not feeling it…. But, if that’s what’s trending, maybe cauliflower...