I set out on our trip to South Carolina for family Christmas this year with one central mission: to win the hearts and minds of my niece Genevieve, age five and my nephew Jackson, age four. I had the honor five years ago to share Genevieve’s first Christmas, but she was less than a year old then [...]

One of the most interesting aspects of going to Hawaii with a baby has been splitting the baby work w/ my husband. Since I’m a write-at-home mom, it’s usually my MIL and I doing the majority of the work, with CH taking care of Betty in the mornings — she’s asleep by the time he [...]

Was it just two weeks ago that none of you guys guessed correctly that the last lyric of 2009 was from “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses? Too that point wasn’t enough to win me the week. But it’s 2010 now, and my resolution is to stump you at every turn with Guess the Random Lyric. [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 134 Griffith Park Assignation She reads sexy Lost Girls at Skylight Books before we leave for movie. I detour into Griffith Park past Authorized Personnel Only sign. Fold seats down and under blanket I answer her pressing need oh yes I do.

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 133 Something Has Opened Something has opened something has risen something has fallen away. We talk and we hold, we talk and we sit, we talk and we touch and we kiss. And somehow we’re man and we’re woman and inside and outside we’re joined.

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 132 New Year’s Eve Comes Early New Year’s Eve begins early and could end right there and I’d be fine Because my love is quite loving when I get home. So when the champagne cork pops this midnight it’s merely an after-thought to me.