Our cow was beautiful. She was Nicaraguan-born and Spanish. I don’t remember the name of the cow I had my hand in milking. I feel shame about that. In all fairness, our guide did tell us twice in Spanish and Michele wasn’t fluent at the time so I couldn’t catch it (you’ll meet Michele in......
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I have volunteered many places but never at a food bank or soup kitchen. This was a first. Look, I still have plenty of life left in me and plenty to give, but I need to think how I want to spend my days in ‘retirement.’ What will be my cause? I really thought......
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I flew a plane last week to Hong Kong. Not a plane, a Boeing 777 jet with 410 passengers. I don’t start small. Before you panic, it was in a simulator and a real pilot, Luigi (he’s from China), had the reigns the whole time. I honestly had no idea how tough it is......
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I feel really cool. First, I used the word ‘lit’ to describe knitting and it not only rhymes, but it is a cool-kid word, word (also a cool kid word). Second, because I need to use my new knitted cowl more, I’m telling myself it is a bit cool, therefore, I am cool and......
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We battle posture in our house every day. Mister and Daphne have chronic back pain, I sometimes suffer because of getting old, and Shaggy enjoys the slouching of a teen. When Buzz Parent wanted to do a sponsored post on my site about posture I thought it was a good tie-in. Also, I have......
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