Pretty much all the time, Longmont CO and everywhere else by dana Gonzalez Do you ever get the feeling your kids don’t listen to you? You’re not imagining things, it’s scientific fact: Newton’s 3rd Law of Utterance: For every action, there is an equal and opposite “Huh?” Baby animals listen to their mommies and daddies.... 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 →
Is anyone else wondering what you might look like now if you’d chosen a wholesome (by which I mean lame) youth versus adventurous and fancy free? By which I mean a bar-hopping, sun junky who enjoyed herself a cigarette now and then, but mostly a lot? The truth is, the cosmetic industry capitalizes on our... Continue Reading →
Longmont, CO Six. Six french fries sprawled indulgently on a dinner plate, a short distance away from an Olympic-sized pool of ketchup, the lot of which is swathed in plastic wrap and sitting front and center in my refrigerator. Whether it's the ketchup or the fries we're trying to preserve, is anyone's guess. Maybe it's... Continue Reading →
City Mom, Longmont Mom Longmont, CO Having recently moved my family from Chicago to Longmont, Colorado, well, what can I say – I miss the sirens. Every four minutes, I wonder if I’ve gone deaf. Back at the University of Colorado, I referred to this place as Longtucky. As a student, I generally had no... Continue Reading →
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