For the last five months, we’ve been locked up with our families for 17 years. Each day is another long, hot trek to bedtime. Parents break their brains thinking up creative ways to entertain their kids during this “summer vacation” that started in March and threatens to continue through fall. The phrase “Families Can BeContinue reading “Take it Outside”
Author Archives: Peri Kinder
A defining moment for America
Did someone drop America on its head? Instead of celebrating the birth of our country, I feel we should stage an intervention. Leadership has not only gone off the rails, its torn up the rails and melted them down so no one else can travel down the track. Turning to social media each morning isContinue reading “A defining moment for America”
Om is Where the Heart Is
In a subtle attempt to calm me down, my husband enrolled me in a mediation course. I love meditation, in theory, and had a random practice that included meditating in bed, grocery store lines and during TV commercials, but I didn’t have an actual sit-down meditation practice. Now I do. Twice a day I sitContinue reading “Om is Where the Heart Is”
Tomorrow is Another Day in Quarantine
As soon as COVID-19 hovered in the air we breathe, I went into full-on “Gone With the Wind” Scarlett O’Hara mode, ripping up bedsheets to make toilet paper and stockpiling moonshine for antiseptic. Of course, Scarlett was useless in an emergency. For the majority of the Civil War, she whined and married rich men. I’mContinue reading “Tomorrow is Another Day in Quarantine”
A Woman’s Place
As the mother of four daughters, and grandma to several granddaughters, I’m frequently asked (okay, twice) what advice I’d give to young women. Women are stronger than ever before, yet many men try to drag us back to the Victorian Era. Men keep gettin’ up in our bizness, drafting regulations about our bodies, creating rulesContinue reading “A Woman’s Place”
Scent of Mystery
I blame Love’s Baby Soft for destroying my archeological career. Up until I started spritzing the perfume popular with the seventh-grade girls in my class, I’d never given any thought to how I smelled. My mom was lucky to get me to shower, yet, here I was, dousing myself in baby powder-scented toilet water. TheContinue reading “Scent of Mystery”
The Prince’s Pride
Over the last three years, I’ve often felt like Vizzini from “The Princess Bride” where he constantly says things are “Inconceivable!” Trump pays off a porn star with no consequences. “Inconceivable!” Trump ignores requests for stricter gun control laws. “Inconceivable!” Trump is bringing back coal and destroying EPA regulations. “Inconceivable!” Trump asks a foreign governmentContinue reading “The Prince’s Pride”
The REAL Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Unless you’ve been living in the Gobi Desert, hiding from the toxic political atmosphere, you’re well aware that Bravo will air the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” in 2020. As if 2020 wasn’t going to be terrible enough. If you’re not familiar with the intellectual and thought-provoking series, executive producer Andy Cohen flies toContinue reading “The REAL Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”
Son of a Nutcracker
It’s the time of year people pretend “The Nutcracker” ballet is a fun holiday activity. If you’re one of the lucky few who never sat through this weird production involving multi-headed vermin, living toys and one unsettling old man, here’s a recap. Picture a festive house in the late 1800s with dozens of dancing guests,Continue reading “Son of a Nutcracker”
Don’t Forget November
Sandwiched between October and December, November is the bologna of months. Everyone pulls it out, gives it a sniff, then tosses it in the trash. Once Halloween is over, we blast into a frenzy of Christmas shopping and decorating, forgetting all about this beautiful month full of autumn leaves, crisp apples and carb overload. WeContinue reading “Don’t Forget November”
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