Today, my assistant was out sick for the second day in a row.  I had to proctor a 4 hour testing session on her behalf, process our payroll, we had an accidental fire…

See Wonder Women for a whine about having no money.  UNLESS you find that sort of thing boring – and who wouldn’t – in which case, avoid Wonder Women at all costs this…

In a fit of thrift, I have whipped up two ice cube trays worth of frozen baby food.  Squash, carrots, bananas.  Ice cube trays are a convenient way to freeze it – then…

Dear baby – Mommy and daddy are a little stressed out just at the mo. If this economic “crisis” bidness had happened 8 months from now, a year from now, it wouldn’t be…

Once I wrote an opera.   It was the mid 1990s, in California.  I was 16.  I was heavily involved in my high school theatre program – and the band – doubly talented,…