Watching Dancing With the Stars has been my guilty pleasure for years. I never thought I’d be interested in anything having to do with ballroom dancing but, like millions of viewers, I find the show irresistible. Plus, I’m enamored with Val Chmerkovskiy.
Blogger Idol Week 6: Our assignment this week was to write about a hot topic in the news. I’ve spent many emotional hours in baseball dugouts. I’ve supported players through dry spells, celebrated underdog victories and been moved to tears by the genuine camaraderie between teammates. I’ve heard players express deep yearnings to attain the…
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are, as always, 100% mine. With our 36th anniversary coming up in August, I’ve been thinking about what we would do differently if we were planning a wedding now. Since travel has become a real focus of ours since the kids have grown, I would seriously consider a…
As I wrote the other day, this year marks the 40th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s iconic Court and Spark. This album was so important to so many people that Louise Crawford, who runs Brooklyn Social Media, organized a very special event in her neighborhood to commemorate the occasion. It’s one of those times I wished…
Since devouring the entire Little House on the Prairie series when I was growing up, I have been fascinated by pioneers. I always admired the fact that people could just leave behind everything they knew for the iffy promise of a better life. (Okay, we do that on a regular basis now but they traveled…
