Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/30/08
I stretched on my mat, ready to downward dog and crescent moon my way to well-being, listening to the background chatter about various pills, elixirs and patches used to “even me out”, “give me some balance”, “make me normal again”.
It wasn’t a therapeutic yoga class, taken to repair bodies […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/9/08
I was finally getting around to the last box. Our house was otherwise settled into from the cross-country move to Colorado. I expected to find nothing of importance, as whatever was in this particular box had been lived without for nearly a year.
At the bottom was my old, distressed baby […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 1/6/08
So, this is a true story—I’m not making this up.
A group of friends were enjoying a summer dinner on the patio of their Washington, D.C. home. And just as they were finishing their marinated steaks, grilled shrimp and vegetables, a hooded man entered the yard through an open gate.
Pointing […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 2/17/08
Me: “Time to go brush your teeth.”
My four-and-a-half-year-old daughter: “Huuuggghhhhhhh.”
Me: “Hey, what was that for?”
My four-and-a-half-year-old daughter: (rolling eyes and clucking her tongue) “Ugh.”