It's 1 a.m. and again, I cannot sleep. During these hot, dog days of summer I can barely muster an attempt to lay down my...

Ahhh, the end of spring break and the beginning of back to school.  Arrgh!  Back to the madness of clean laundry, packed lunches and ironed...

Tonight was the last of my Zumba classes.  For the rest of the class, that is.  I had my last dance six weeks ago. I...

Demanding Children:  Are those for you? Selfless Mama:  No, they're for you. Ungrateful Children:  But we don't like your '70s stuff. Selfish Mama:  OK then, they're for me. Defensive...

It's that time of year, when rivers run red with spawning salmon.  We have been to many salmon runs before, but we had never...