Barbara’s Riffs on Life

It’s True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful

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.

Living to 100 — and then some: My grandmother lived till a few weeks short of her 100th birthday. My plan was to do the same. Read more.