charlie asher

BOOK 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…

Introverts 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…

BOOK 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…

Surviving 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…

BOOK 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…

The 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…

BOOK 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…

GPS Fails

I have a pretty good sense of direction, so I’ve never really had a problem getting from Point A to an unfamiliar Point B.  Even before the days of GPS…

Liebster Award

The Liebster Award I was proud to be nominated for a Liebster award by Emily from Mom on the Move.  The Liebster award was created to help people discover new, interesting…

My Reality Game Show

Recently, my husband and I have had the 5,263,276th petty squabble of our marriage regarding what exactly happened in some non-event in the recent past.  We argue like this a…

BOOK REVIEW: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir by Roz Chast What a unique and wonderful thing is this book. I can’t think of anything I’ve ever read that…

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Theoretically, I have standards.  First world standards.  Upper middle class standards beyond that, even.  Not just clean water and delicious, plentiful food, and no military juntas at the door, but…