"My husband does that too," I say when a man approaches me, obviously trolling to see if he has a chance with me. It gives a not-so-subtle hint that I'm married and taken in other words, off the market for love. Today, the Supreme Court has given same-sex couples the chance to marry in all [...]
Heckler shut down by Obama. It's sweet if you haven't seen it. My father shut down a friend of mine when I was nine. She was spending the night and smelled her food, then pushed it away. He told her if she couldn't be respectful she should not come back to 'his house.' What is [...]
Health hazard? A woman collapses from wearing skinny jeans. I loathe the skinny jean trend. Turns out, my health benefits from it. If you're a well-being expert, today you can tie into how clothes and health work side-by-side .. ur, uh or tighten your sides. "Don't squat" in skinny jeans they say. Most women know [...]
Geico's commercial featuring a free range chicken cracks me up every time I watch it. I laugh probably because I have seven back-yard chickens and they bring great joy to my life when I let them go free range before they perch for bedtime. My husband and I "tuck them into bed" at sunset and then [...]
A woman will be on a $20 bill. Women on global currency is trending. Show me the money, honey! You've come a long way, baby. (Cue a cliche of your own liking.) Money experts, feminists and those fighting for women's rights now have a tie-in to breaking news. Play your bills and make your tips, tools and [...]
Today, the NC teenage shark survivor speaks up with profundity beyond his years. He wants to fight and live "with the cards he's been dealt." Cable TV boasts shark week. Network TV challenges entrepreneurs to swim with the sharks. Animals causing human pain and suffering are always memorable news hooks. Shocking stories and big business ventures will [...]
We are so transfixed with other people. Our news today almost feels like an instant peep show. I mean "people show." The same kind of feeling you get watching people at the mall or an amusement park. I love watching people. When I was at the Youth Performing Arts High School in Louisville, our drama [...]
Skin color is in the news today. My dad criticized my crayon work when I was five, clarifying that people in the coloring book could be black, brown, white, peach, red or yellow but certainly not purple, green and blue. I stomped out of the kitchen, upset he hadn't noticed the hard work I had [...]
LeBron James played 'balls out' during the NBA finals. If you're giving it your all, extreme athletes say you're, "Balls out." I learned that when I took a hiatus from my desk job when I was 29 for one summer and became a whitewater raft guide. (There was a funding cut at the nonprofit where [...]
"I was country when country wasn't cool." I didn't say that, but it is a lyric from a famous country song and if you know that song, you're probably 'country-enough.' I uttered the words, "I ain't" growing up in Louisville, KY and my dad would remind me that, "Ain't ain't a word." Even though I [...]
