M&Ms and Me

I miss the days when I could eat peanut M&Ms for breakfast.  I miss the days when a donut was considered a good breakfast, more nutritious than M&Ms.  And a bowl of Apple Jack’s was just fine before heading off to school.  Back in the teen years, I could eat...

Two Minutes of Fame

Dear shoezle fans, Great news!  All your kind words and encouragement have spurred me to move outside the shoezle world.  My personal goal for 2013 was to publish an essay somewhere.   That means I send work to people I don’t know, get them to try it and hope they...

A Letter to Pope Francis

Dear Pope Francis, Congratulations on your new post!  You made your parents so proud.  From everything I read about you, I think you will make a fine pope. I love the name you picked, after Saint Francis.  I am named after a great guy too, my dad, a Francis Leo.  He...

France Armstrong: My Ride on ‘Roids.

Yes, Lance and I have a lot in common these days.  I felt the biking connection via my husband’s amateur cycling races.  And now, I’m spinning two days a week at the gym.  I pretend to hit the flats at record speed and climb the steep mountains with hairpin turns. ...