If you call me, I won’t answer. You can try to reach me on my cell or on our ancient landline. But I won’t answer. I use my cell phone for everything from watching exercise videos to playing word games. It’s my camera and my map of the world. The thing monitors my heart and […]
rebecca regnier
Fighting About Money
In many ways, my husband and I are opposites. Not in ways you can immediately discern by looking at us, but in the most fundamental ways. For example, he doesn’t like peanut butter and thinks mayonnaise and Miracle Whip are interchangeable. To me, that’s stark, raving madness. In the interest of equal time, I count […]
How to Beat the Winter Blues
“If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.” Anonymous. Winter blues. Seasonal affective disorder. Call it what you will, but a lot of us feel that unmistakable blah of winter. The first person to put up holiday decorations […]
Celebrity Brood Bath
The headlines are shaking the world. Every day, a different opinion grabs the bold print. As is typical in the current political climate, declarative statements trumpeted one day directly oppose those blared the next. It’s time to unpack the central question of our day. How often should children be bathed? The recent debate has its […]
MTV Turns 40
One time, in college, I auditioned for MTV. I mean, not for a music video or even as a VJ, but for the game show, Remote Control. Remote Control was the perfect game show for my particular set of skills. It aired at the perfect time of my life. Meaning, a time in my life […]
Lessons from Erma Bombeck and a Half Bath
This month I undertook the renovation of my powder room. I’ve learned so much about the key to a happy life, as a result. It’s called the powder room because in the 18th century, no one wanted to think about women using a bathroom for bodily functions. Society and in later centuries, real estate agents agreed […]