I love a tall caramel macchiato breve but despise ordering them, ESPECIALLY if I’m getting a grande or venti because it sounds rather pretentious. Seriously, why can’t you just say a large with half & half, instead of “breve” and...

Growing up in a college town, football was a way of life. It’s what you did on Saturdays during the fall. I can remember tailgaiting right outside the stadium with some of my friends. What I didn’t understand then that I do now, was their parents...

Is this necessary? I’m grieved because it must be. My immediate thoughts when reading it were “Toto, we aren’t in Kansas anymore.” “You’ve come a long way, baby.” You’ve gotta be kidding … gimme a break …...

As spoken by Todd Beamer, Flight 93, 9.11 September 11, 2001…I started the day with thoughts of a dear friend who was celebrating a 30-something birthday; those thoughts were quickly replaced with images of chaos, confusion and destruction. A branding of...

Nope, not writing about weddings. Instead, a new carnival. and an old post. I’ve never submitted anything to the FLC, but something about it caught my eye this week, and I decided to include my post on Writing from the Heart (so many people responded...

…I started blogging. My first two posts were on the same day. The first one was about complications from too many choices (lol, a topic I’ve revisited over and over again); the second one (on the same day) was about the price of gasoline. In case...

Oh! My!! Word!!! Just caught up with Shannon @ Rocks in My Dryer and she had this little dittie posted. My baby girl is way past Barbie age, so I had no idea about the decline advances Mattel had made with their dolls…and “accessories”. Reminds...

“If you are not living on the edge, you are taking too much room.” Ooooooooh, how I liked this one…it deserves its own spot. Carpe…freakin’…diem!! Yep,...