By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Do you know that nightmare you have when you're walking on a seemingly stable floor and all of a sudden giant holes begin opening randomly beneath your feet waiting to swallow you whole? Welcome to driving in Philadelphia. Actually, it's not only Philadelphia, it's anywhere in the Northeast, or, more likely, anywhere there was snow this [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Yes, these are my necklaces. But not all of them.... It was all about the earrings. Given that I'm about as skilled athletically as a one-year-old learning to walk (read: not [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Every winter around this time, my wheels start spinning. Much to my husband's dismay, after months holed up in my admittedly very nice home, staring at the same walls 24/7, I start to hate everything. And I mean everything, including the furniture, the flooring, the bathrooms, the curtains, the kitchen, the light fixtures, and the walls [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. There was a time when I would have had a different answer to the question. Last Sunday was the Super Bowl, and though it wasn't exactly "Super" for Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos (it was actually a total train wreck), most football fans spent the day and night in full party mode. I was not [...]