A Mother’s Day (Cautionary) Fairy Tale
Once upon a time (and we’re talking LONG time), there was a poor Mom named CinderBarb, who married her academic-gypsy …
Category Archives: Barb’s Commentary
Tuesday Updates: Old Wives and Pipe Staples
In Scotland, you can talk to anybody, anytime as long as you start each conversation with a weather observation. For …
It’s Spring! Time to terrorize small children…
England is amazing. I bought these little handmade chicks at a Village Coffee fundraiser. The lady who knitted them apologized …
If you could go back in time to change anything, would spring break still suck?
Two of my all-time favorite bloggers, Don of Don of All Trades and Jennifer Schario Hicks of Real Life Parenting, are part of …
Seriously, Veet? Insults for all your customers? And all women? And men? And dudes?
More than fifty years after the March on Washington. After women get the vote. After the equal pay act… …
Tuesday Updates: Rich Swans, Old Flour, and Bagpipes. Especially Bagpipes…
Furth, Fortune, and Fill the Fetters In the village of Blair Atholl in the Scottish Highlands, I discovered why Scotland is …
Tuesday Updates: Some Assembly Required
“Sure, I can assemble it myself.” Famous last words (along with “Do you have a knife I can use to …
Reblog: I Got Paid for Writing on the Internet
Originally posted on Do Not Get Sick in the Sink, Please:
What would the internet do if everyone stopped giving away their work for free? ? A…
Tuesday Updates: If you cut me, I bleed tartan.
He told me his name was Iain and we started talking after he stopped to pet my little dog. …
Tuesday Updates: You Are What You Breakfast
Moving to a new country where you don’t speak the language is hard, especially when the new country is Scotland, …
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