Archive for April 2015
The Inherent Value of Suffering
Recently, my family took a road trip to visit my parents in Ft. Myers, Florida. We’ve taken this trip many times. It is about six hundred miles, door to door, mostly…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Much of my career as a lawyer has been dedicated to issues related to children. So often; children get lost in…
Read MoreIntroverts Unite — Alone
I am not delusional. I know that I have “angry resting face.” When I’m thinking, or submerged deep inside of my head, the (lack of) expression on my face looks…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: My Fair Lazy
My Fair Lazy by: Jen Lancaster I picked this book up because a) it was on sale at Barnes & Noble, and b) because many people had asked me if I’d…
Read MoreSurviving the Zombie Apocalypse
If you’ve read my book, Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza, you know how much I loved the Sky Mall catalog, with its can’t-live-without merchandise like the fake grass and miniature-plastic…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan. Comedian Jim Gaffigan loves food. By his words, he’s not so much a foodie as an ‘eatie.’ This means that he doesn’t so…
Read MoreThe Great Guitar Saga
My mother’s mother’s sister, Aunt Pearl, had an old guitar that used to belong to her son, Jeffrey, that she wanted to give my daughter. Aunt Pearl, an admirably independent…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: Unwind
Unwind by Neal Shusterman As you can probably tell if you’ve read more than one of my reviews, I like books that are different. Formulaic books (girl meets boy, they…
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