A short post today to congratulate myself and all of you who continue to stop by the Banter to read. Today is my 100th post — wheee! Click here! (All the play buttons are really short snippets, be brave, press ’em). You may have noticed to celebrate this world-renowned milestone I’ve changed the look of … Continue reading
There was an article in the New York Times this past Sunday entitled, “Where Cows Are Happy and Food is Healthy” by Nicholas D. Kristof. While I was reading, I was smiling. After I read it, I was smiling and kind of shaking my head a little. I found it strange that this story that … Continue reading
I caught a television show last week during one of my lying-on-the-couch-feeling-sick-and-vulnerable days about the subject of vulnerability. It resonated with me so much because A) I’m a sucker for that feel-good, improve yourself stuff and B) I think I’ve spent much of my life showing that I’m vulnerable, sometimes to my demise. Here’s the … Continue reading
I am a grown woman and I want my Mommy. It all started Saturday night after hubby and I went out to a little Frenchy-French restaurant for dinner. The food was pretty good and we had a bottle of wine. When we got home, I had this tickle in my throat and I said to … Continue reading
I bet you can pull up a memory of a moment right now that makes you literally catch your breath. You know, one of those moments where you were filled with such joy, anguish, hope, sorrow, surprise, elation — whatever, a feeling so magnificent and enormous that you were only breathing in. Your body goes … Continue reading