Barbara’s Riffs on Life

Instead of My Toys, They Played With Peanut Shells

Instead of playing with my toys, the visiting grandchildren played with a bag of peanut shells — and made tiny peanut people. Read more.

It’s true. My new bathroom is beautiful. I’ve been taking a lot of showers in there lately, so I should know. Read more.

Big news. Two huge projects finished the same week. A bathroom remodel and a book manuscript. Whew! Read more.

I started blogging to promote my book back in 2009. Now my elderly, old school blog is spam-riddled and in need of an update. Read more.

What about the boys? What about the men? Have we liberated women forgotten to listen to what our men are trying to say? Read more.

A kindly University of Michigan linguist, Anne Curzan, makes grammar funner than ever with her new guide to usage, “Says Who.” Read more.