Football used to crack me up, mostly because I didn’t understand it. I wasn’t raised in a football-watching family. In fact, on any given Sunday afternoon, there was a far greater chance my family would be watching Bob Hope on the Road to Rio than the Rams on the Road to Denver. (And yes, I […]
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At last! Bicycle Times Magazine Issue #31 is here… or almost here, meaning “to be found on the magazine rack at your local Barnes & Noble sometime this week.” Look closely at the cover and notice the feature called “Touring With Adult Children – 275 Miles of Fun on the Great Allegheny Passage.” TA DA! […]
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My husband and I run a marathon every fall. We’re up to 16 now… number 17 coming up in October. Every year, my husband sets a goal, deciding what time he wants or expects to finish the race. One year, he trained well and decided he wanted to run it in 3:15 to qualify for […]
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This is a real text conversation I had with my stepson, who was called in to settle a dispute between my husband and I as to whether certain cars were deliberately designed to resemble specific parts of the human anatomy. I have long suspected that some vehicular makes and models could only have hit the drawing […]
Keep reading >>I have officially been a published author for one week and I’m noticing a surprising trend. People suddenly think I’m an expert at something other than embarrassing my kids by posting a video of me dancing on YouTube. (Thank you millions of YouTube viewers who had sense enough NOT to watch it, and as for […]
Keep reading >>Well, I did it. I DANCED. As promised, I turned up the volume on Pink’s “Raise Your Glass” and celebrated the release of my book last week by wiggling, wobbling and nearly falling over while my husband captured it all on video. Bonus for you. Embarrassment for me. After posting it on Facebook, I had […]
Keep reading >>I never dance. Ever. I can’t. I’ve got no rhythm or coordination, and even the Hokey Pokey intimidates me. At weddings, I sit, smile, clink my champagne glass, and watch other people wiggle and shimmy with carefree, happy abandonment. But I don’t dance. I’ve always feared what the world would think seeing me flap around […]
Keep reading >>I keep seeing those TV commercials that show middle-aged men doing what must be considered middle-aged manly things while the spokesman announces, “this is the age of knowing what you’re made of.” It took me a long time to realize those commercials are selling Viagra, and it will take me longer to understand what erectile […]
Keep reading >>“You always smell a bear before you see him,” my father, an avid outdoorsman, once told me. “And if you run into one, make a lot of noise,” he advised. I never expect to run into a bear in my daily suburban life and I would have been as stunned as the other shoppers when […]
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