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President’s Day. A day for everyone to be jealous of school-age kids (which is any age, really, when you consider higher education), teachers, many government employees, and those who work in the banking industry. My friend Jessica with Found the Marbles offered a fresh idea to write about ‘what laws would you make if you were President?’ I’ll go first. Please let …

I’ve reflected, I’ve gone inward. Finally, I figured out what to give up for Lent this year. That’s right, dryer lint. The photo reminds me a bit of my first time, Ash Wednesday 1999, as a soon-to-be Catholic. That’s what my ashes looked like to me. At least in my mind. I joke. Of course, giving up dryer …

I just returned from a wonderful conference held in my hometown, honoring a hometown hero and world renowned humor writer. I’ll write more about the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop soon. The trip gave me the chance to visit with much of my family. I also had a glorious Erma moment. Many of them, actually. I learned …

There are certain rites of passage for both parents and children in the innocence of childhood. Notice I say innocence of childhood. Sadly, there really are only a limited number of such occurrences. We experienced one recently. Our eight-year-old daughter lost a tooth. She didn’t really lose it. She knew where it went. Actually, she …

Ah, summer. We’re finally here. So I ask, are you an ‘open windows – let the air envelop you kind of person?’ Or are you a ‘can’t wait to turn on the air conditioning as soon as your first sweat bead forms on the upper lip’ type? I suppose it depends on where you call …