When I was a girl growing up in the liberated seventies after the radical sixties, we were told that true freedom and equality consisted of two things: 1) letting it all hang out or down, as the case may be, after burning your bra and 2) going natural after losing your safety … [Read more...]

My friend, Barbara, lives in a sexy mountain cabin in a remote, isolated wilderness with two dogs (Sheba and Lucky), two barn cats (no official names), a horse, Mr. Ed (she says he curses when unhappy), and a cow named How Now Brown Cow. Her cabin has a gourmet kitchen and a … [Read more...]

It was our first high school class reunion. Five years had passed since graduation and my husband, Gord, and I were incredibly excited. Like us, many had married high school sweethearts, but most classmates were bringing spouses we had not yet met. Attending a private boarding … [Read more...]

A crisp December day found my husband Gord and I buckling our two little girls into car seats. We were on our way to a well-reputed restaurant, a luxury not indulged in often. I was eight months pregnant and the baby, already determined to be a hefty 10 pounds, fought valiantly … [Read more...]

Hollywood is chock full of stars who got their start in the biz from their famous parents: Jamie Lee Curtis, Drew Barrymore, Charlie Sheen, the Taco Bell chihuahua (illegitimate son of Mike Tyson and Flipper) just to name a few. But things don't always go that well for celebrity … [Read more...]