Let me just say this about the oil spill that our friends in Louisiana are currently dealing with: it makes me very, very angry. I think...

I’m fairly sure that I’m in a bad mood. Scratch that. I’m in a bad mood. I’m tired. I’m grumpy. I haven’t had coffee yet, and I actually...

Oh, yes. It’s Friday (or FriYAY, as my friend Buddy terms it) and it’s “Dispatches” day. You’ve totally spent your short work week...

It’s hard to believe it was only a month ago that the rain came down and the floods came up. It feels like yesterday. And it feels like a...

(I’m hoping that you didn’t notice there wasn’t a food post yesterday. . . . because I sort of got a little confused about the days of...

I’m an editor. Once upon a time, I was a copy editor. I like words. I heart grammar. I think good grammar is important. Sometimes, my...

So, dear ones, I think I lost touch with sanity yesterday. Why, you ask? Because I ordered a bathing suit. Let that sink in. A bathing...

It’s Friday! I’m so excited! Well, not as excited as I was yesterday because it felt like Friday, but Friday, especially Friday before a...

Awhile ago, I wrote a review of the book Tess of the D’Urbervilles. It’s a classic. On many lists of books you should read, though I...

It’s the final performance night of this year’s American Idol—arguably the most boring AI in recent history—and I’m sort of nonplussed to...

You know what else does a heart good? Ice cream. You know what makes your heart sing? Chocolate and ice cream together in a bowl of melty...

5 a.m. alarm goes off, hit snooze 5:09 a.m. alarm goes off, hit snooze, first coherent thought: I have a headache. 5:18 a.m. alarm goes...

I actually got a comment today that read: It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday morning. Where are my dispatches???!!!! (Exclamation points, question...

You know the kinds of questions I’m talking about. They’re the things people say to you and you really have no response. Other than a...

“It’s all happening!” is something the characters in the movie Almost Famous say to each other when the things they’ve dreamed about seem...

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that Tuesdays usually involve me presenting a new recipe. Except today. Let me give you...

Let’s just get this out there: I have weird dreams. I mean quirky little dreams involving arresting your high school cheerleading coach,...

Ah, it’s Friday. And I couldn’t be happier. Except that Thursday felt a lot like Friday and I really didn’t want to get up today. But,...

Well, we all know all about good intentions. That the road to certain places is paved with them. That they don’t amount to much unless...

Let me set the scene: It’s 9 p.m. I’m watching “American Idol” on the DVR because I was at the Bluebird Cafe with some friends hearing...