We’re having a heat wave in Los Angeles. So why was my oven working overtime yesterday, slow-cooking beef stew, a dish best enjoyed in cold weather? Because my daughter asked me to. And my niece chimed in. And now that both girls are on their own, I do whatever I can to encourage them to…
Two Drinks Away: The Lifestyle App
Kim Kardashian West was one of the BlogHer 2016 keynote speakers this weekend, much to the chagrin of some old-time attendees who did not see how her brand of celebrity related to what we do as bloggers. Those folks were wrong. That was apparent when I tried to get into the ballroom for her session….
Two Drinks at BlogHer
Linda and I are at the annual BlogHer conference for women who blog! And I actually wrote a post about it this morning – over at my original site, SoCal Mom. Read it here.
A Good Day’s Work May Never End
I kind of hope I’ll always work. Let me clarify. I hope I’ll always want to work and be healthy to work as long as I want. The idea of working forever, or at least a long time, has always appealed to me and makes a lot of sense. Of course, it’s always nicer if…
Days 1 and 2
I won’t bore myself researching how many thousands, or millions, of people have diabetes, are overweight, have stress and anxiety, and other unhealthy diseases or conditions that are often avoidable by healthy living. I am becoming one of them. It seems that while we have written so many words about healthy living and viewed hours…
Linda’s Very, Very, Very Bad Day
As a female in her 50s, as someone who hasn’t exercised much and doesn’t like to diet, it’s time to make some changes.
Letting Go in a Dangerous World
We drove our little girl to the airport, watched her enter the terminal, and drove away. Mind you: That “little girl” is a 20-year-old young woman, and we’ve been doing this now for a couple of years – since she started college 2500 miles away from home, in Chicago. This time, she is flying all…
On Turning 60
I’m just trying to navigate the highway to hell – I mean, senior citizenship.
The Grief Comes in Waves
My relationship with my mother was complicated, so I shouldn’t be surprised that grieving her loss is not what I would have expected, either.
A New Mother’s Day
Last December, our mother died. It was a short illness, started with flu-like symptoms, ended in sepsis. I knew it was very serious, but really never believed she’d die. She was 79, which doesn’t seem old anymore. Mom was a shopper and she loved clothes. Nice clothes. Before she died, she had taken much of…