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Breaking the Fourth Wall of Parenting (or How to Eavesdrop on Your Teen)

When my daughter started high school this year I made a vow to not be one of those parents – the type who micromanage every detail of their child’s life while on a perpetual quest to get them into...

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The Heightist Amongst Us

I think if we’re really being honest, most of us harbor some form of prejudice. I’m not saying deep down we’re all hate-mongering racists, but I think we tend to be suspicious of people who are...

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The SAGgy Award Goes To

(Featured on the WordPress “Freshly Pressed” page) This morning I had ten minutes  to spare so I tried on my old black crepe suit to see if it would be okay to wear backstage at the Screen Actors...

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Chopper Lives! And lives and lives and lives . . .

Some of you may have read my earlier piece about how we inherited my in-law’s aging one-eyed dog.  If not, Chopper – who we believe to be about 112 years old – is a terrier mix that my in-laws rescued...

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My Column in Working Mother Magazine

Here’s a humor piece I wrote that was in the Feb/March issue of Working Mother Magazine.  I wrote it last year when I was trying to talk to my daughter while editing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

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I’m Sorry I’m Thin and Irksome

How do you stay so thin?” That’s a question I’ve been asked many times in my life, often followed by, “You better enjoy it now because once you go to college/get married/have kids/turn forty, you’ll...

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I Saw A Meteor and Lost My S…

It’s 6:38 AM and I’m making my kids’ lunches and staring out my kitchen window mindlessly at the valley below, when this light – this incandescent neon green light – catches my eye low on the horizon....

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More press for “Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing?”

Excited to have my book reviewed by HIKE2FORTY Blog – check it out here! I love how these are written, little tidbits … I find in my life that humor gets me through it all, even the most...

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