by Chrysa SmithI'm not stepping onto the soapbox, being a drama queen or a doomsday prophet. Just observing life. So hear me out lest you think I'm one of those new-age self-help gurus who wants to empower everyone. I've got enough of a job managing my family and myself. I wouldn't dare pass out unsolicited life advice to anyone---well, anyone with two legs.But just this week, a topic has struck me over and [...]
A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs (and Covers Her Eyes!) at the BeachBy: Mary Fran BontempoEvery summer I try to avoid the “What were they thinking?” column. That would be the column which expresses my bewilderment regarding the attire gracing the bodies people bring to the beach.I assume that the bodies people bring to the beach are the same bodies they bring everywhere else they go. If switching bodies were an option, I’d have jumped [...]
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Come Join us at Mercer County Community College on Thursday, August 12th from 7-9 PM for our informative Publishing Seminar!Three Women, Three Authors, Three Approaches to Publishing You finally finished “The Great American Novel.” Maybe you’re putting the final touches on that children’s book you’ve been penning. Perhaps you want to publish your memoirs for posterity. How do you go from typing on your computer to holding the finished book in your hands? Join authors [...]
by Carmen Ferreiro"Way down in Missouri" the song that opens the trailer (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3239184153) for Winter's Bones tells us, 17-year old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) lives with her two younger siblings and her mentally ill mother. Life is tough for her. Yet Ree struggles to keep her family fed, her siblings in school and proudly refuses to ask for help. "You don't ask for what should be offered," she admonished her six year old [...]
by Chrysa SmithThis spring I did so much restaurant talk, I think nobody believed I ever cook. Now, after all the jabber about summer fruits and veggies, you'd think I was a farm girl out of the land of aggies. Actually, it's more like Zsa Zsa Gabor from Green Acres. So, I've been eating out a bit again and back with some local haunts to talk about. Here are two. One chain, one [...]
by Chrysa SmithI am into looks. I admit it. And if everyone were truly honest with themselves and others, they'd admit that they are too. Because whether it's the new blouse, car or lipstick you purchase, the husband you choose or the house you buy, much of the decision to 'make it your own' has very much to do with how it (or he) looks.So, it's not surprising then, that I fuss over [...]
