The Unused Room

Haunted house — I spent 5 years in Ireland during which time I rented a variety of older houses. Given a sixth sense for creepy vibes…

The answer to a world turned upside down — Upside Down Cakes

First popularized in the 60s and 70s its high time for a resurgence of upside down cakes

Pandemic Life with 3 Young Kids

With kids aged 2, 5, and 9: why, what, and how we managed our kids with the demands of career and home.

Summer Solstice

A warm afternoon during the summer solstice captured in words by someone suffering from a severe case of writer’s block.

How to Get Your Kids Off the Couch

Here are some tried, tested, and true ways to get your kids (ages 2 to 10) up and about.

Self-isolation: Beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Once upon a time most households relied on a cauldron bubbling over coals or a fire that slow cooked beans.

Which Feeling

How well do our teachers teach our kids in kindergarten about their feelings? This is a retelling of a dialogue I had with my son.

I WAS Molly Patel

Mindy Kaling an idol and one of the best comedy writers in mainstream created this character in her film Late Night (2019). Warning - a…

On Motherhood: From Unemployed Mom to Getting the Job

The struggle and success of finding and transitioning to work and financial independence after being a stay at home mom for several years. On the struggle to move from being a stay at home mom to rejoining the workforce.

Playful Objectivity

It’s 4AM and the words to the song of the same title by Our Lady Peace come to mind.

Songs of the Gospel

How to make friends in strange places while living in a foreign country: why not join a Gospel Choir?

On the Edge of Obesity

What I learned after 25 years of diet, nutrition, and struggles maintaining weight. Low fat, keto, intermittent fasting, and clean eating over a 25 year period and the results: Weight maintenance and weight loss. Loss of weight post pregnancy.