…our guide appeared behind us, holding a sign: Mrs. Karen Louise Roper. (There must be thousands of Guptas and Chopras in India, but the only Ropers in several thousand miles required a first and middle name.)
While I’m on the road this month, here is a repeat from Valentine’s Day past. Happy Valentine’s Day and wishing …
Not me, Amazon… Have you ever had a really bad day and then you caught sight of some loser in …
This week I mourned the loss of my closest confidant. We’ve been together for over six years. When the Hub was …
OF course the 8-year-old loved rodents. In her entire life, I doubted she’d seen more than three movies that didn’t include animated rodents. And she loved every one of them, from Anatole, the bravest mouse in France, to Mickey, the richest mouse in pants.
If you need to find the Magical Girl who is destined to destroy you, you should send your strongest, fiercest henchpersons out for bagels and lox. While they’re gone, tell every internet troll that Magical Girl is a female gamer, female presidential candidate, and an inveterate puppy-kicking female who wants to take away their guns. Along with an online terror campaign beyond anything you could dream up, they will have her complete contact details and address splashed across the internet within hours.
Seemed like such a good idea… Retire to a gorgeous victorian seaside town in Pembrokeshire, on the dramatic west coast of …
Open Letter to My Daughters and Nieces: I owe you all an apology. When you were babies, we told you …
You judged these books by their covers Last week I suggested it would be fun to take a look at …
“Hic Sunt Dracones.” Here there be dragons. Supposedly, ancient mapmakers used those words to warn of the most dangerous, unknown reaches …
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