d gonzalez 2021 Somehow, without the internet, my sister and I came of age. As did our friends – it was actually they who pointed out to us in the early 80s that there was a bong in our family's cedar ski closet. It was nestled among wool hats, gloves, sunscreen, some goggles and the... Continue Reading →
Like an earthquake, Toddler Temper Tantrums should have a scientifically measurable scale of severity. It might be based on the amount of damage done to immediate surroundings or injury to dumb people who attempt to intervene. Perhaps by the degree of temporary hearing loss to anyone in earshot. Or, most importantly, the of objective embarrassment and humiliation caused to the owner of the Furious Little Richter.
Being a woman comes historically and even now, with a whole lot of baggage. I don't mean that, because Southwest offers two free bags per person, I bring two regardless of where I'm going or for how many days. We women just got a lot going on. At some point we decided to sum up... Continue Reading →
by dana gonzalez Is fascination with cars genetic? My son recognized car models by the time he was two and-a-half. On vacations he could point out our rental or others of the same make from 200 feet away. Yesterday I tried to get into a Subaru outside of a 7-11 because it was blue and... Continue Reading →
by Dana Gonzalez I always knew I was different. I've suffered this ailment for as long as I can remember and decades later, there's still no cure. In fact, it wasn't until I was in my late 40s that the condition I share with millions of other women was diagnosed as Resting Bitch Face (or... Continue Reading →
by dana gonzalez I used to joke about my kids: "Wow, she's six! I've kept her alive for six years!" This was in comparison to my lack of success with house plants, mostly. Of course, there were other things I'd neglected: diets, leftovers, goldfish, car batteries, taxes. So it always amazed me that with my... Continue Reading →
THE ART OF THE SELFIE by dana gonzalez Of course Kim Kardashian has a 400-page book of selfies. I'm sure my 11-year-old daughter could fill such a book as well. They have to take their own pictures of themselves because nobody else is as infatuated with their own image as they are. One, because she... Continue Reading →
April 20, 2020 by dana gonzalez In Meet the Coronials, we learned this was a term newly coined for the youth enduring this crazy pandemic. I'd suggested that we are all actually Coronials and I'm cementing that now. Nobody is unaffected by the instantaneous changes to our lifestyle that are, sadly lasting longer than our... Continue Reading →
April 2 2020 by dana gonzalez Anyone? Anyone else out there going 'Umm, I was not exactly prepared to start home-schooling my kids right now, at this moment in time." That is one vocation you don't just assume at a moment's notice. Homework help is a last-minute sacrifice. One that usually ends in tears -... Continue Reading →
The Overhead Bin 