Author Archive: Gail Marshall
It’s Not About Willpower: How to Change Anything
Here’s what I want for Mother’s Day: the Eliminator! You know what I mean; it’s that high-tech fun on TV baseball games, where they take a video Sharpie and scribble people, places or things off the screen. Oh, mama! That’s for me! I want that for my life. First thing to change – the bills. [...]
If you yawn in class, your face will stick that way
“Your face will stick that way,” my mom used to warn me about making pouty, grumpy or goofy faces to annoy my brother. I believed her because you can look around town and see older people who look for the world like they are mad at everyone. Later, I found out that was just silly [...]
A ‘Wicked,’ wonderful introduction to theater
“Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” “Cause getting your dreams It’s strange, but it seems A little — well — complicated There’s a kind of a sort of: cost There’s a couple of things get: lost There are bridges you cross You didn’t know you crossed Until you’ve crossed.” [...]
‘Skinny Rules’ Provides Mom-Friendly Dieting
Skinny girl. That’s a good thing? Uff-da! I thought we’d seen enough emaciated models and bulimic ballerinas to put that word in its place, replaced by the words “healthy” or “fit.” Apparently not. Here it is, a new book coming across my desk called “The Skinny Rules” by Molly Morgan, an award-winning dietitian. Isn’t it [...]
Financial peace? Really?
“Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University.” “Financial peace.” Who wouldn’t want that? So I suggested to my husband that we take this course at our neighborhood church in northwest Fresno, Northpointe. “So, what’s wrong?” he said. “Suddenly you don’t trust me? What do you want to know? I’ve already tried to talk to you about everything, [...]
Which comes first, salaries, supercenters or cellulite?
The spread of Walmart Supercenters is being linked to our, um, spread. Research is suggesting that one additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases individuals’ probability of being obese by 2.3 percentage points. Cool, a new excuse! We were calling them Big Box stores. Maybe we should call them Big Butt stores. This new understanding [...]
Pretty baby, pretty Mommy
All moms who feel guilty spending money on themselves, say, “Hey!” I hear you. I used to pride myself on how little I spent for me. I thought that made me a better mom and wife, less selfish, holier, better. I was the bargain hunter who was last on my priority list. Some of my [...]
My succession plan for Oprah
My heartwish for former California First Lady Maria Shriver to replace Oprah when she leaves TV is quickly taking shape! She’s been named a guest editor for O magazine’s April edition, which will be on sale in stores in mid-March. The focus of this special edition will be poetry and Maria’s asking people to send [...]
Hospitals Need Moms In Residence
“Did you wash your hands?” “Let me see your hands.” “Eww. What is that on your hands!” What mom doesn’t have those comments on auto-pilot? Now I see in The Fresno Bee that our amazing high-tech hospitals, places that can spot one bad cell out of billions and perform medical miracles every day, are in [...]
Maria Shriver: the new Oprah?
Oprah, Larry King, Regis Philbin: Three talk legends are moving to new adventures soon … and now the race is on to find the next big thing. It looks like Piers Morgan is the heir apparent to Larry King; my vote is Chris Cuomo or Anderson Cooper to replace Regis, but they would miss hard [...]
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