Now that I have wanderlust from visiting the LA Times Travel show and collecting all kinds of food for fantasy, my lucky husband is leaving me behind to go to Stuttgart in Germany for a week. He'll be doing engine testing in "The Cradle of the Automobile," as the city is known, … [Read more...]

See what I did there? I combined the words "blog" and "observation." Ugly, isn't it. Yeah, that's why I hate things like that.I've been tracking my statistics very unofficially since this blog began. It is interesting to me that the topics that have gotten the most traffic … [Read more...]

Turn them into traveling minstrelsMake a "pillow pie"Let them eat paintBuild a solar system(You'll need Dad's help)Make a "rocket" and convince them to stay in it for a couple of light yearsThis is an original post from www.kimtracyprince.com. Please don't steal it. … [Read more...]

This morning I read a sad article in the Los Angeles Times about people selling anything they can on Craigslist just to make ends meet. It was "Craigslist as a mirror" of our times, reflecting the alarming and depressing economic downturn. My heart breaks for all of the people … [Read more...]

I stood in the hallway of the funeral home that sits a block and a half from my parents' house, eyes fixated on the carpet, listening to the sounds of my family members sniffling around me. I was frozen in place, gasping back my own sobs, letting the tears fall down my face … [Read more...]