A Penny Saved Ends Up on My HeadBy: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the play arrow below.Just call me “Penny.”The new moniker refers to my new identity; you see, I’m not looking like myself these days. The culprit is my new hair color, the result of a dye job I inflicted on myself in yet another effort to continue pretending I’m younger than my chronological age. (There’s little [...]
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Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban"Youth is wasted in the young," George Bernard Shaw said and I totally agree. I also think that forcing teens to read the classics is a waste of time.To try to keep a bunch of hormone challenged teenagers interested in stories that happened long ago to people dressed in costumes too old-fashioned for their grandparents to have worn is, in my opinion, a losing proposition.Because I grew up in Spain, [...]
by Chrysa Smith If it makes you happy-----it can't be that baaaadd. Or can it?Sheryl Crow, the Grammy Award winner has changed her tune when it comes to eating. Diagnosed with Breast Cancer about five years ago, her battle, like many, caused the pop singer to change her view about food. During a stop on her book tour (an appearance on the Rachel Ray Show) Crow said her best meals were always those [...]
Beads and Baubles to Make a Girl HappyBy: Mary Fran BontempoOwner Lisa RohrsachDo you remember plastic baby bead necklaces? The ones with the big, colorful plastic beads that could be snapped into place to make a bright necklace or bracelet for baby? How simple. How sweet. And how satisfying for baby to create a little fashion statement all her own.Actually, the fashion statement part probably wasn't a consideration, at least at first. But most little girls [...]
