The trap of streaming content all day

October 9, 2025
It starts innocently enough.  A rainy afternoon, a comfy couch, and “just one episode” of a series everyone’s talking about. But suddenly—hours vanish, the sun has set, and the only exercise you’ve had is reaching for the remote. Streaming platforms are designed for this. Episodes...

The solarium

May 10, 2009
I had to look it up.Solarium: a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel.FLH & I are looking at a house in San...

Looking beyond the present to possibility

May 9, 2009
Letting go has to be one of the hardest lessons. We all have to do it at one point or another, whether it's letting go of a relationship, a job, a child, a much loved...

It’s Friday night date night…the juke box is ON

May 9, 2009
FLH and I always have Friday night date night. Most nights right now it's by phone. Like tonight.So...walk with us down Memory Lane...this music was the soundtrack of my...

Moving fast…too fast

May 8, 2009
My head is spinning! A bunch of women from last night began tweeting (Twitter) about us all and individually, some are DMing (direct message from Twitter). And my...

The dyling of the light

May 8, 2009
It looks like an icon of our generation will pass soon. Farrah. How many teenage boys of our generation had that poster in their rooms? How many girls had that tousled,...

Morning Coffee

May 8, 2009
I've always liked the image of a 1950s klatch. It's a casual get together for coffee and chat that was the staple of 1950s housewife life, for those who are too young to...

No longer waiting to exhale

May 7, 2009
A popular book a couple of years ago was titled Waiting to Exhale. I thought about it today when I considered the concept of relinquishing control. By nature, I'm a...

Insurance

May 7, 2009
The process of insuring major bling is quite a production. Her Blondeness is mathematically challenged, even on a good day. So I knew I'd be in trouble when I had to...

Pepper sprouts, fever, relationship & boots

May 7, 2009
I was thinking this morning that being in a bad relationship is like running a high fever. You sweat, you toss and turn, you're delirious. You have wild, fever dreams....

It’s a howl. Watch….

May 6, 2009
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