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Child in car (image courtesy NieNie)

My favorite time of the year! Last night was the first evening of the annual Nielson Autumn Color Tour. This is where we all hop in the family mobile and drive around Utah County. Every Sunday evening, we will be in search of brilliant fall color. The journey will take us up the mountain ranges in many of the breath-taking Utah canyons. We open all the car windows, have beautiful (Sunday appropriate) music on (really loud). Then we all stick our heads out the window and take it all in. Welcome Autumn.  Read more

Spanking and Criminal Behavior

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Jail Bars

It saddened and concerned me when I saw that nearly 109,000 people (at the time of this writing) on Facebook had "liked" the following statement: "I'd rather go to jail for spanking my kids than for them to go because I didn't." - Likey Does that mean spanked kids *never* go to jail? Or *only* unspanked kids go to jail? What the frack, people? What. the. frack.  Read more

Screenshot of Guest Post on WebTeacher

Ann Smarty got me interested in the idea of guest posts for my blog. I've written guest posts for other people's blogs (such as Time Goes By), but I've never had a guest poster on my own blogs. When Ann mentioned MyBlogGuest in Ann Smarty, SEO Expert, Shares Her Secrets, it made me wonder if I was missing a bet.  Read more

 heart mosaic

When I think of August I think of heat -- a heat that is so strong that it makes everything quiet. With silence comes reflection and thoughtfulness. I saw this thoughtfulness reflected in these must-read BlogHer member posts last month.  Read more

Stylish New Uses for Your Old Jewelry

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Necklace

Wrap a shawl around your waist, and that shawl becomes a sarong. Put a sweater over a dress, and that dress becomes a skirt. Scrunch a tube top around your neck, and that tube top becomes a cowl. Most of us are pretty open to letting our clothing multitask. But what about jewelry? Jewelry can do more than just adorn, and some very simple tricks can totally transform how certain pieces get worn. Here are a few ways that I (and my fellow bloggers) have retooled our jewels.  Read more

Ovarian Ultrasound

Perhaps, if I had gone to the doctor with symptoms, I wouldn't have been so astonished when, after my pelvic exam, she said, "I found something." She gave me a moment to register what she said; then, she continued, " It could be nothing - maybe I felt some intestines. It could be a cyst, but she added, "at your age, (I'm 59) that is unlikely, and before she could say the third option, I said it for her, " Or, it's cancer." She nodded.  Read more

Discovery hostage situation

When a bank robbery occurred in our town recently, I didn't hear about it first on the local television news or in the newspaper. Those places carried the story long after it had been discussed to death on the local listserv. When the Discovery building hostage situation occurred last Tuesday, it wasn't CNN or NBC providing me with up-to-the-moment information. It was Twitter.  Read more

How to Blog (Better): Getting Started

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Typewriter Blogging

Over the last few months, I've had several calls and emails from people who were interested in starting their own blogs, asking me if I had any tips for someone who was just starting out. On the off-chance some of you out there are toying with the idea of starting your own blog, I thought I'd share my thoughts here.  Read more

DVF wrap dress

In my dream world, my (expansive, luxurious, custom) closet is filled with Trina Turk shifts and Diane von Furstenberg wrap dresses. Bright prints adorn high quality fabrics, which, of course, are offset with a variety of cardigans and wraps that I picked up at Barneys or Neiman Marcus or some cute little local boutique.  Read more

Wine

TIME recently reported on a new study that suggests heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers. However, as usual with these studies, it's not as cut and dry as the title suggests. This latest study is very misleading, especially for women. First, it had less than 2,000 participants. Second, only 37% of the participants were women (that's just a few hundred women).  Read more

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