Zippity Do Da Day

It’s a Zippity Do Da day around here. Usually I’m not a gambling woman but I have a $25 Starbucks bet riding on the outcome of this day. You all know how much I like my Starbucks. This bet is all about chromosomes. And their placement in the alphabet. I’m betting on pig-tails and pink. [...]

Grow the Cuss Up

The class assignment was to write a personal essay. Teachers understand such assignments are a risk. No telling what students will write about when their starting point is a coming-of-age place. Some write of their parents divorce. Some write about their own broken romances. It is not uncommon to get essays about bullying, rejection and [...]