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Alec Greven will be sharing some thoughts here on my blog...

My blog is soon going to incorporate a new feature: GUEST BLOGGERS.

My first guest blogger is going to be Alec Greven will be popping in periodically to share something of interest.

If you don't know who Alec is, please see this website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbB76ejvAro


I personally am tired of "balloon boy" kind of news.

I am interested in people who make a difference.
I am interested in people who do wonderful things to change a small corner of our world.
I am interested in kids who enco...

Sometimes you just gotta laugh!

This month has been rough, scary and very Halloweeny for me. I started with the intention to chronicle phobias and fears, one a day was the plan, but life sometimes jumps the tracks.

BUT, earlier on I posted my own personal fear, one of which is the fear of clowns.

EXCERPT FROM EARLIER POST: I suffer from something called Coulrophobia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia which is the fear of clowns. Could have been watching Blinky The Clown on television as a child or the my brother t...

Something my mom & dad left me with...

Dad, inevitably telling mom a story.

I lost my dad yesterday and my heart is heavy. My heart is also so full, because he was a good dad and a good man and in many ways believed in me and championed my life. My dad was an English professor for forty years and read many of my drafts and sent them to me with thoughtful, encouraging and great notes over the years (he also had a wicked, good red pen that he used liberally and gracefully to instruct).

I talked to my dad for hours every Saturday. ...

Something my mom dad left me with...

I lost my dad yesterday and my heart is heavy. My heart is also so full, because he was a good dad and a good man and in many ways believed in me and championed my life. My dad was an English professor for forty years and read many of my drafts and sent them to me with thoughtful, encouraging and great notes over the years.

I talked to my dad for hours every Saturday. He was literally one of the most interesting people I have ever known. It seemed he knew something about everything I men...

My cat chimes in about the phobia of felines... read her face, nuff said!

Junior League Holiday Mart this week! Come and shop and support a good cause Denverites!

Every fall at the Merchandise Mart I sign, meet and greet along with hundreds of other artisans and shopkeepers. Always fun! Get an early start on your holiday shopping!

Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables

While researching phobias to entertain all three of you who might read my blog if there isn't anything else to read or anything on television, or to h ave something semi-interesting to talk to your dog about, I have found that almost all things organic or inorganic have been labeled a potential phobia. Leading me to think about the famous quote that the greatest fear itself is fear of fear, yes there is a phobia of fear.

Lachanophobia, The fear of vegetables is one many kids fake having. ...

Macrophobia - the fear of waiting, long waits.

Macrophobia - the fear of long waits and of waiting!

Nothing represents to me weirdness more than a drive-thru Starbucks, or more specifically the one in my 'hood'. I kind of get the one on Sante Fe and other pull offs on the way to a downtown or uptown destination, where there is no foot traffic and no lobby.

But this one is smack dab in the middle of suburbia.

Okay, the other day I pulled into the starbucks and parked. I walked in and got my coffee and walked out to sit in the sun on the...

Autumn in Colorado...

A run in the sun, then a bit of rain, a bit of sleet, a bit of snow... All on one October day. That is the beauty of Colorado. These pics are in my hood.


Spent a good part of the day writing and working on the edits my editor sent me for the Go Ask Mom series. I hope all this hard work pays off in happy readers. Sometimes kids don't believe me when I try to tell them you have to write, then rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and re...

dentophobia - Fear of the dentist

WATCH THIS VIDEO!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

Having logged many hours in the dentist chair over the years, I know that the fear of dentists is real. I included the video to bring levity to it. It is the drill that is the worst. I asked my dentist last time I was there, when, with all of the technology available to us today, will they make a drill that doesn't make that awful sound. He just shrugged and told me I didn't have to worry about it. NO CAVITIES!!!!!!!!!