My eleven-year-old daughter has had a really nasty cold.  Last night, I told her to rub a little Vicks VapoRub on her chest to help her brea...

Today, I'm a guest over at Brian Hayden's Blog  where I wrote an article about how to write an excellent query letter.  If you'd...

We had a little excitement at my pad yesterday. It involved some cats and some dogs.  I bet you can't guess which ones. I looked out m...

"Mama," my eight-year-old son said.  "Where does jelly come from?" Since my brain was a little fried from attempting t...

We've had a lot of rain here in Cincinnati.  And I bet you can guess what that means.  Mud.  Lot's of it! I made the huge mistake ...

Last night, my eight-year-old son was supposed to do some star gazing for a school project.  Unfortunately, the weather was not very coopera...

Yesterday, I took my kids to the dance studio.  My daughter, of course, had the lessons.  My son had to come along for the ride.  And let me...