I have discovered the most delightful way of multi-tasking my daily walk.  I volunteered to walk precincts for a college classmate who's running for office.  It's fun — new streets every day; it's fascinating to find roads you've never been to before and  walk around in new neighborhoods.  I just leave her flyers on the front door, but occasionally [...]

It's been 21 days since I last wrote about the economy, and can I just say, "WHEW!" Gas prices are back to normal at around the $2.45 range, and my portfolio hasn't lost any money since I took it out of the stock market, and stuck it in my mattress in September. Things seem to [...]

Kids keep you young? At 35 that's hard for me to believe. This pregnancy makes me feel old. Really, really old. Lately, my purse is a portable pharmacy with giant bottles of Tums, Tylenol, various other meds, eye drops, tissues and Shout wipes.  Worse yet, my olfactory senses are disintegrating. That or my mental processes are [...]

Our mailbox is suddenly alive with invitations to  baby showers. The most recent one was last weekend, in honor of our goddaughter, Erin Taylor Koht, formerly of Fresno, and her husband Matt. My darling husband and I traveled to a charming little burg called Rescue, about half an hour from Sacramento.  I love wedding and baby [...]

Who knew that, when given the opportunity, so many parents would jump at the opportunity to dump their children, even after putting up with them until they become teenagers? This article describes the situation in Nebraska:     Deciding he could wait no longer to address what has become a state embarrassment, Gov. Dave Heineman said [...]

I love Halloween. Handing out candy and seeing all the giggling princesses, Elmos and pirates – and every other type of costume – is a blast. Maybe I’m still a kid at heart – but it’s never bothered me that teenagers come knocking on Halloween night. I love seeing them decked out in their spooky [...]