I have been drinking coffee with creamer for decades. View my twitter stream and you’ll deduce what a big fan I have been of Coffee-Mate Peppermint Mocha Creamer. When this creamer went from “seasonal” to “year-round,” I was one happy consumer. Things have changed in my caffeinated world, however. I have been logging my meals […]
Taking A Shot At Indifference
I never seriously want a child to be as distraught as Jessica María, pictured. But the momentary discomfort of an immunization is worth it to keep a child from suffering a vaccine-preventable death. Through my role as a Shot at Life Champion, I am joining with other Champions in an initiative called “Advocate to Vaccinate – a […]
Books, Shams, and Beauties
Hello everyone! My “main” post for this week will run tomorrow. It has to post on April 7 or later. However, I haven’t missed a Sunday in years so will share a couple of quick updates and ask you to come back and visit my Shot at Life-related post tomorrow. It was a frenetic week […]
Tutus, BS, and Crisis Management (A Book Review)
My social media stream was flooded Thursday (3/27/14) with the story of how Self Magazine offended a runner (Monika Allen) by putting a picture of her, running in a tutu, in its “BS” section which ridiculed the growing number of tutu wearers in races. Self had secured her permission to use the picture, but had not explained that […]
Guts, Glitter, and The Birdcage
Over the past three weeks, I have seen Theatre Tallahassee’s production of La Cage aux Folles four times, including opening night and the closing performance. And I am happy to announce that I have finally figured out how to pronounce the title! That’s enough, right? Goodbye. …..just kidding…. I don’t know how I missed watching […]
Getting (and Giving) Pneumonia Like A Champ
Immediately upon approaching the registration table at the Shot at Life Champions’ Summit last Monday, I got pneumonia. Having pneumonia throughout the end of the summit on Wednesday afternoon didn’t slow me down, though. In fact, I was a party to the spread of pneumonia, polio, measles, and diarrhea all over Capitol Hill before I […]