Barbara’s Riffs on Life

I’m Thankful for Friends, Family, Pumpkin Pie and — It’s a Girl!

Eleven things I’m thankful for this season. And, once again, pumpkin pie and stuffing make the list. Read more.

Christina had shaved her head bald. What was next? Multiple nose rings? Twelve-inch fingernails? Scarification? Crack cocaine? Read more.

I liked being shoehorned into a 9-by-11-foot home office with three computers, a telephone, a cat, and a dear husband — most of the time. Read more.

Hey! Hey! My very first royalty check has arrived. It’s not big bucks, but it’s real. Read more.

Something is going on out there. Of course it is. It’s common sense. How else could things be, says Isaiah. Read more.

Children run the world. And everyone who’s ever had a kid knows it. Read more.