It has become increasingly obvious to me lately that my passions and my lifestyle do not exactly — how should I put it? —mesh. In fact, they […]
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Path to healing begins with love
Well, we did it, folks. We made it through 2019. It is now, as crazy as it feels to even type it, officially 2020. As for many […]
Kindness is a gift best shared by many
In my previous column, I closed by saying “thank you” to a number of people who helped me navigate my grief through the illness and passing of […]
Saying ‘thank you’ through the tears
Usually, when I sit down to write one of these, I have a vague idea of how it will go. This is not one of those days. […]
Docs to watch when you’re home with your dogs
I’d like to start out this week by thanking those who went out of their way to reach out to me regarding my sick dog, Pops, and […]
Heartbroken, but grateful — a dog mom story
Back in February, I wrote about having a party for my senior rescue dog, Pops, to celebrate his being with us for a year. Now, we are […]
I just went to Greece, but let me tell you about some podcasts instead
For the three or so people who may have turned to this page last week specifically to read this column and wondered (hoped?) if perhaps I’d quit […]
Movie plans means reunion with some old (pretend) friends
For a lady with no social life, I have a wide array of friends. There are my baking friends and my makeover friends. My tattoo artist friends […]
Podcasts make exercise tolerable
As you may recall from a couple weeks ago, I’m deep in the middle of weight-loss hell. A full month of ingesting what feels like next to […]
There’s a new frenemy in town
I am so hungry. Normally, I wouldn’t begin a column — or any piece of writing, really — by simply logging on and typing my current state. […]