Some days, Mondays especially, I hop out of bed and start being productive. Well, there is a period in between rising and being...

The other day I had to go to the South Park area, and traffic was bad, or maybe I should just say normal. At one point, 2 cars zipped...

Someone brought this to my attention, and I’m distressed now because of it. Have you ever had a favorite actor, and they are truly...

Have you ever learned a new word and then you see it all the time? It’s the craziest thing. It seems like everyone has experienced it at...

On Thursday evening, I sat in the darkened theater at UNC and listened to some great music. It was my favorite way to see a concert -...

Do you remember Siskel and Ebert? They were two Chicago newspaper men who teamed up in 1975 to review movies. In 1986, they became the...

Paul has been away on a business trip for seven days now. I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed the peace and quiet since I’ve been on...

The phone rang last night close to midnight. Paul had just landed in San Francisco. He wanted to make sure I wasn’t worried and that I...

My grandmother, my mom’s mom, was the best. It’s probably where my mom gets it. Fun. Always ready to go somewhere or do something or see...

Do you know that awkward feeling when you’re enjoying a meal with someone you like, but you’re not super close with, and suddenly they’re...

On January 7, Paul and I moved Madi back to UNC for spring semester. She was so excited and ready to be there. She could barely stand it....

Many years ago, I was watching an episode of Snapped, a TV show about wives who just snapped one day and killed their spouse. In this...

Happy Valentines! I’ve said it before, but how can you not love a holiday that is about love? Paul and I do not celebrate Valentines...

I grew up in the middle of nowhere on the outskirts of Winston-Salem. My folks owned 8 acres at the end of a very long, dirt road. When I...

When Madi was an infant, she was a good sleeper. Paul and I worked until 9:30 in the evening, so we put her to bed at midnight, and she...

Madi must have been in kindergarten when she got off the bus one day in tears because some little boy had called her an idiot. I was...

Have you noticed how cyclical a lot of things are? At our SAT school, the type of student, among other things, tends to come in waves....

Every morning it’s the same routine. I stumble downstairs, turn on the coffeemaker, unload the dishwasher before I wake up enough to...

Before I was even old enough to discover that boys existed, I was aware that the actor, Sam Elliott had a great voice, like a...

Why can’t broccoli taste like cake? Why can’t cups of coffee count towards our water intake? Why is it so hard to stay healthy or get...