Barbara’s Riffs on Life

She’s Shaved Her Head Bald — Is Our Daughter Headed for the Dark Side?

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.

What would happen, I wondered, if our family had no TV for a week. Who would complain the most? Read more.