It was the Christmas season as I wandered the aisles at Gibson’s Discount Center with a $5 bill crumpled in my pocket. It was 1975 and parents didn’t care if their 7-year-old wandered alone through a store. I’d earned money to buy my parents Christmas gifts and I had to find the perfect presents. IContinue reading “Christmas Unwrapped”
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It’s Like Pulling Teeth
There are lots of people in this world who scare me, like toddlers, Christian nationalists and the barista who always compliments my shirt, even when I’m wearing a blood-stained hoodie. But dentists! Dentists are a higher level of fear. I’m sure they get tired of being compared to the sadistic dentist in “Little Shop ofContinue reading “It’s Like Pulling Teeth”
Barking up the Wrong Tree
My dog Jedi started barking at cars. All the time. I don’t know why but my best guess is she a) hates cars, b) loves cars, c) wants to scare cars or d) she needs a ride to Petsmart to pick up some jerky treats and tennis balls. I stop her from dragging us bothContinue reading “Barking up the Wrong Tree”
A Bit of a Stretch
If you’d told me 20 years ago that I’d be a yoga instructor, I’d have laughed hard enough to tear a hamstring because I was very inflexible. I took my first yoga class as a dare. My tennis instructor laughed at how tight I was and challenged me to try yoga. I hated every minuteContinue reading “A Bit of a Stretch”
Rage Against the Machine
First, robots came for assembly line workers. Then they came for agricultural and warehouse jobs. Then a cyborg assassin time-traveled from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor. What will artificial intelligence target next? If you ask our publisher, journalism is on the robotic chopping block. He recently sat down with our editorial team andContinue reading “Rage Against the Machine”
The Royal Treatment
Polish your teapots, iron your doilies and butter your crumpets. For the first time in 70 years, an English monarch will be crowned and the whole world will tune in to see if King Charles III, Prince William and Prince Harry bust each other up at Westminster Abbey. Whether or not the coronation turns intoContinue reading “The Royal Treatment”
Take Pride in Love
Although I don’t like crowds, parades or people, in general, when my husband suggested we attend the Pride Parade last month in Salt Lake, I painted a rainbow on my face, donned my “More Love” shirt and jumped in the car. After a year of devastating anti-gay and anti-trans legislation across the country, we wantedContinue reading “Take Pride in Love”
It Takes a Village
Women who work outside the home are supernatural shapeshifters. One minute they’re closing the deal on a $5-million property and the next minute they’re on the phone with their 5-year-old daughter who’s upset because the parakeet won’t talk to her. I think we can agree women are in the workplace. I think we can agreeContinue reading “It Takes a Village”
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”
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”
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