Birthday Gifts: Time-Honored Tradition or Exercise in Excess?
Fellow parents: we have a birthday gift problem. I mean “we” as in all of us who spend weekends schlepping to bouncy houses and hauling gifts no child fortunate enough to have such parties needs and no parent wants in the house anyway. There must be a better way. That’s what I thought when I first put […]
The Twitter Thanking Crisis
YOU’VE LANDED ON PART IV OF MY TWITTER TIPS. SEE A LIST OF PREVIOUS TWITTER POSTS. I love Twitter. And I’m big on proper manners. That said, I am focusing my fourth Twitter tips post on the constant thanking of people on Twitter. In my opinion, our good manners have gone too far, and we […]
Friendship With a Writer
Friendship with a writer isn’t easy. Like actors and other artists, we’re among the neediest friends of all. Writers with blogs . . . we’re the double-dipping worst, seeking an audience for our published works AND our blog posts. So in the spirit of last week’s Thanksgiving holiday, I’m dedicating this post to MY friends […]