Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 5/13/07
First time mothers give off an unavoidable energy. It brews in her pregnant belly for nine months and hovers over anyone who comes near her new baby.
Certainly, I don’t judge the new mother. I stood in her shoes only 7 years earlier, truly believing my first-born would soon be nominated […]

On Assignment for The Broomfield Enterprise, publication date 5/6/07
Hark back, for a moment, to 1983. It was the year of mullet haircuts, v-shaped guitars and Atari. Hard rock videos featuring a leather-clad woman dancing on the hood of a muscle car and Milwaukee’s Best beer, gulped from a can alongside the Firebird. AC/DC’s “Back In […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise 5/6/07

In my attempt to raise well-adjusted children with good manners, I have tried just about every punishment there is.
Well…maybe not every one. Some of them, while making me laugh heartily, actually scare me a bit. One of my friends runs things over with her car when they become a problem, […]