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• The ‘R’ is Silent: Public Speakin’ in Roe Dyelin’

  

  Providence (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)As you may have seen, I’m thrilled to be included in this year’s Listen to Your Mother Show in Providence. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scary Easter!

  

  I’m just dropping in to wish you marvelous spring holidays, fresh starts, new beginnings, and maybe a few bubbles!  Stop to smell the flowers…    …and never sto... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Listen to Your Mother 2014! I’m In!

  

  I am honored to announce that I will be part of the 2014 cast of Listen to Your Mother at the RISD Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island on the evening of May... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Diary

  

  April 8, 2014 Dear Diary:Diary (Photo credit: Barnaby) Today began with pouring rain! Not much exciting going on, though I was lucky enough to speak to... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Internet: You’ve Lost Your Balance

  

  English: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Can we talk, Internet? Just you and I? There’s something that’s been bothering me, and I really didn’t want to say anything,... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Smartest Kids in the World: The Smartest Book on Education You Can Read

  

  It takes no expert to prove the education system in the United States is broken. Our children consistently graduate high school lacking the skills to keep... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Smartest Kids in the World: The Smartest Book on Education

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  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Top Three TLC Shows for Families

  

  (Photo credit: Mikey G Ottawa, Flickr Creative Commons)True, I’ve spent some time panning TLC reality shows. But who can blame me? With shows like Welcome to... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Greener Grass

  

  Cover via AmazonMy husband and I were watching World War Z the other night. You know, Zombie Apocalypse Movie #997-B, with Brad Pitt. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Burtontown Press Release

  

  Momma Be Thy Name:Last night, in bed, with my head covered, I heard the sound of a twisted calliope, an all-too-familiar score. Without moving a thing, I... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Five Stages of Driving Home at Bedtime with Children

  

  We’ve all been at this place before. We had a little too much fun at Grammy’s, or the park, had a late dinner, and are now watching, in fear, as the clock... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’re Probably Married

  

  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)If ‘clean the toilet’ somehow precipitates the need for specific, step-by-step instructions, you’re probably married. If you’ve found... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Worst Store ON EARTH to Take Your Kids

  

  Image Credit: WikipediaI could tell you I don’t like Old Navy because of their questionably made adult clothing. I could tell you I don’t like Old Navy because... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mommies Drop Crumbs, Too

  My parents never apologized much. Maybe it was the generation, or the world being a slightly different existential place, but when I was a child, adults seemed... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Makeup Bag, Or I’m the Worst Gender-Neutral Parent Ever, Part II

  

  You might remember my writing a little piece called The Purse almost a year ago, discussing my feelings around my son wandering the living room with a purple... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Love and Loss: Hearts on a String

  “She says it’s important,” my husband said, pushing the phone towards me.“It’s not important,” I said, sidestepping my daughter, trying to reach the wall, hamme... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let’s Go Viral!

  

  Are you viral? You know, not in a meningeal way. I mean, how’s your content, your life? Is it compelling enough to blaze the fiber optic trails and onto the eye... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Super Bowl Halftime Recap: Oil Meets Water

  

  In general, I don’t like talking about things so topical they literally expire in a day. I don’t. But since I’ve got some time to kill before tickets go on sale... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eight Lessons You Were Never Taught in School, But Needed to Learn

  

  I don’t know about you, but I had Health class once a week, for an hour, in high school. I don’t even remember if I had Health every year. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Breaking The Cycle of Stuff

  When I was young, we spent our Sunday afternoons shopping. We would buy tops, rugs, slipper socks, mixed nuts – anything that tickled our fancy. We would make... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION