Category: Musings

  • In which I’m mistaken for one of my all-time favorite authors …

    In which I’m mistaken for one of my all-time favorite authors …

    I was flattered at the Poisoned Pen this week. Kristan Higgins is one of my favorite romantic comedy writers, so when I heard she’d be at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale on a tour for her latest book, On Second Thought, I requested a day off from work so I could go down and see her. […]

  • Hello, 2017

    Hello, 2017

    And good riddance to 2016. It was a hell of a year, claiming, among other greats, Prince, David Bowie and George Michael — so many of my fave ’80s artists. Then Carrie Fisher died, and—a day later—Debbie Reynolds joined her. Every time I turned around, someone else had dropped. There were some high spots, though. […]

  • A look back at *my* 2016

    A look back at *my* 2016

    With the addition of Carrie Fisher, and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, to the list of celebrity deaths in its waning days, 2016 has thrown many of us for a loop. I can’t help but wonder if this is the way it’ll be from now on … more of my favorite stars, singers and authors kicking the bucket […]

  • No time to cook? FITzee Foods might be your answer

    Longtime readers of this or any of my other blogs (Adventures in Weight Loss, Cooking and Life, Chicklets in the Kitchen) are likely to know one thing about me: I often don’t feel as if I have time to cook. So when Michelle Weinstein of FITzee Foods reached out to ask if I’d like to […]