Finding Yourself Despite Yourself

Happy Holidays everyone. I’ll be taking a break for a few days, you’ll just have to stare at Santa and wait with baited breath for my sparkling commentary to return to Finding Yourself.

If you are jonsing for a good read while I’m gone, check out my renter – Jane Loves Tarzan. Click on that thumbnail [...]

Dear PBS, Thanks for bringing the topic of the birds and the bees to the forefront of conversation with my 3 1/2 year old. Today when we turned on Caillou we were treated to Caillou with the “brit coms” sound track. My daughter was wondering why Caillou wanted to mount Raquel Welsh. I [...]

Laying there with my mouth jacked open I was slightly panicked. Senorita Dental Hygenist had no regard for the god given elasticity of my mouth and felt the need to peel, pry and pull my lips to my ears. Tears were welling in my eyes and my right ear lobe was safely tucked in my [...]

I am in pain, pain I say! Let me preface this story with a little background info. I used to teach childrens’ gymnastics. Yes 5ft 11in ME was teaching kids to backflip and balance beam. It was actually one of my more beloved jobs. I got paid, in essence, to play. I was the only [...]