Joey Doesn’t Share Food

From the first moment the Friends character Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc) first uttered those words—Joey doesn’t share food—my husband and I have used them as a familiar refrain for me. It doesn’t matter if we are out to eat or here at home, or (and maybe especially)...

The Sleep of the Teens

After we had our girls, I began to wonder why it is we respond to the question regarding how we slept last night with the phrase, I slept like a baby because I came to understand that babies do not tend to sleep through the night. In fact, they are not supposed to...

What’s the Good Word?

While I may not be able to tell you whether it was sunny or raining that day, I can tell you I will never forget the day in 2017 when our 17 year old who was nine at the time asked me about the word, anti-disestablishmentarianism. Apparently the autocorrect on her...

Changing the World

Today I’m feeling a wee sentimental and simply want to say that as we close in on the end of the summer and the end of the month, I find it amazing that I’ve been doing this blog for almost eight months. As much as these words are intended to highlight my remarkable...

Endless Possibilities

If you create anything at all, you likely will understand the sense of risk and vulnerability woven into the act of creating. Whether you are trying a new recipe or writing new words or exploring a new medium for your art or even a new brush for your paintings. No...