I love my punching bag and gloves. I have been known to say that boxing is my new favorite thing, but one of the students in our program, Patrick Wilson, tells me that it isn't really "boxing" unless I am hitting and being hit...everything else is just "working the bag". Well then, I guess I [...]
Author: Ms. C
Learning curve…
I must say that parenting definitely has a learning curve. This is particularly true when you can manage to get just shy of 18 years in between child one and child four. By the time you roll on into child four you should be a seasoned pro...not perfect (is this whole parenting thing ever an [...]
Hunting season…do they issue a license for that?
I'll just say at the outset that some days I can't help myself - my inner mischief-maker cannot be suppressed. This is one of those days. When I saw the AP headline in The Forum online on September 13th that stated, "Several ND hunting seasons set to open later this week" - I knew I [...]
It has come to this – pink with black polka-dots and ruffles.
Well folks, it has come to this - the pink with black polka- dots and ruffles underwear. You know what that means right? Yep, need to do laundry today. Of course that is the only reason that I would be wearing the pink with black polka-dots and ruffles underwear as they are the last frontier [...]
Play at your own risk…
The well-known photographer Cecil Beaton said, “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” That wasn't just a euphemistic suggestion on Cecil's part designed to encourage others to pursue their hopes, dreams and [...]
Playing dress-up…
Well, it is clear that the ramp up for Halloween has begun in earnest. All my favorite girly girl shops are sending me emails about costume sales. There is no end to the assortment of near-nothing, erotic costumes you can buy this time of year. Most of the costumes I have seen are clearly geared [...]
The Responsibility Project…exploring what it means to do the right thing.
You'll never catch me touting corporate America as the moral center of the world as we know it, but every once in awhile they do something right and I find myself impressed with the effort. Now, I'll acknowledge at the outset the same thing I always acknowledge when I speak of such things - I [...]
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