First, let me start out by saying that I am, all things considered, fond of my little house.  I feel I have to preface everything else that I am about to say by stating that fact. We did not end up in this house by design.  When we decided to remain in Arkansas after Katrina, […]

Aren’t there just some days when you feel you can fly?

I am nothing, if not fair.  I think some disclaimers are in order.  Somehow, I, a liberal-leaning moderate, became an unwitting poster child for the right.  After the exposure that my post on delayed childbearing garnered, I received several comments and private email conversations that made me realize that some of my post may have […]

Is it only me that finds it odd that Fighter Planes are considered appropriate content for Easter Baskets?

I have a corner office.  Yes indeed.  THREE, count them three, windows and fairly spacious.  But that is where any claim to the pinnacle of office achievement should end. One of my windows is framed in green hedges where mockingbirds nest and sing.  But the other two of my windows look out upon a lovely […]

It’s tough, being the constant target of the paparazzi:  But how else can one catch those intimate, unguarded moments?    Or that unique trendsetting fashion sense, Some people just do not understand that for the adoring public, sacrifices must be made.   Where’s my entourage when I NEED THEM?!

I am one of those people who doesn’t take compliments well.  Any nice commentary is usually met with nervous laughter and a hundred self-deprecating comments. This is one of those things I need to learn from my best friend – she always takes compliments in such a gracious, beaming, and genuinely heartfelt way, that you just […]

I am going to go back a little and wrap up the final question in my topic-generating exercise of weeks ago. In a quick follow up to her question on my Meyers-Briggs personality type, Bub and Pie asks: Are you an optimist or a pessimist? If you ask my husband about my status in this […]