My Confession to My Readers
Lately, I’ve been carrying a heavy burden that I need to get off my chest. There are many things I feel guilty about, and I just have to come clean about them. In the spirit […]
Lately, I’ve been carrying a heavy burden that I need to get off my chest. There are many things I feel guilty about, and I just have to come clean about them. In the spirit […]
This Valentine’s Day, many couples will ignore the statistics, the advice of others, and their own better judgment, and become engaged. More power to them. They may even stay married if they remember one thing. […]
It’s almost Valentine’s Day and love is in the air. My husband and I have had a great run the past 25 years, and a lot of people ask us how we’ve been able to keep things […]
If you’re a parent like me – or even if you’re a parent who’s not like me – at some point you’ve probably asked yourself, “Why on earth did I ever have kids?” In my […]
When I look back at my youth, I sometimes cringe about all those first dates and how awkward I was. A lot of men worry about making a bad first impression, fearing they might do […]
My wife always complains we don’t do enough things to expand our cultural awareness. Somehow she does not consider The Big Bang Theory enough of an expansion – I keep telling her she’d learn some […]
Don’t believe me? Then maybe you’ll believe a study which concluded that marriages where the women do all the housework while the men retreat to the parlor to smoke cigars, read the newspaper and discuss […]
Dating in your twenties is all about the excitement. Or about how good of a story you can get out of it. But by thirty, you really just want to be with someone who gets […]
You could call it spring fever, or just a perfect season to climb on a horse and head for the Western Wisconsin hills. My friend Nettie and I recently enjoyed a springtime jaunt on our […]
French Entree BOEUF BOURGUIGNON INGREDIENTS 2½ pounds beef chuck 2 garlic cloves 1 large onion 1 shallot 1 bay leaf* 5 peppercorns* 3 sprigs fresh parsley* 1 sprig fresh thyme* 2⅓ cups red Burgundy or […]