Just how has COVID and the year’s events helped shape culture?    Apparently, we’ve been impacted all the way down to how we name our pets. The Dog People at Rover have just unveiled their eighth annual report of the year’s most popular pet names and this year’s data confirms that our pets are truly a […]

Martin Howard delivers pies as Chocolatina all over Denver. He calls it a “Party Package,” and it includes two pies, two quiches and one drag queen with a song. Baking is a little bit science and a little bit rock ’n’ roll  — at least it is for Martin Howard. “That’s another thing I like […]

Buckle up, we still have two months to go. This is officially the weirdest year ever but my gosh, the Holderness Family reminds us of all that we have survived! 

I have some bad news for parents who claim a “candy tax” by taking a portion of their kids’ Halloween candy: THEY ARE ONTO US. A few years ago, we went to our church’s Halloween party and my kids came home with bucket loads of treats. For the most part, I let them have at […]

As a single mother of three children, every time I take my kids on what I call a “mini-vacation” (because I’m not brave enough to go on a full-size one) I’m always worried that one of us won’t make it back.  This could be for several reasons:  I’ll lose one.  I’ll try to lose one. […]

I was going to rave about this guy’s mad Tetris skillz fitting our huge new (to us)sectional into a tiny trailer last week.   But no, this post is how, when we were later passed out on Said Couch in our uncarpeted basement that my daughter my husband Jamie if “Mom knows?”   IF MOM […]

April Fool’s Day is right around the corner! Every year, I start out with good intentions but then I get busy and don’t have time to concoct some elaborate plan of trickery. So, here are some quick, easy and most importantly, kid-friendly ideas for celebrating April Fool’s Day at your house during self-isolation. Want to […]

Unicorns are dirty pests that get into trash. Elves live in suburban homes with toasters and TVs. Cops are minotaurs and cyclops. A Manticore runs a family restaurant. Pixies rob convenience stores. Magic? It is nowhere to be found.  Onward opens in a realm that has forgotten its wild and magical roots. Technology, invention, and […]

My husband Jamie and I are different. Sure, in many ways we think alike, have the same interests and similar methodology with raising our children. But we go about life very differently. He is low-key. Methodical. Wise. I am not. One of the areas in which we are most different is how we need to […]

During my single years, the road was rocky as I attempted to find a man who would one day be legally required to be my Valentine. Some people call it marriage. My most memorable S.A.D. (Single Awareness Day) was my junior year of college. I had been casually dating a guy for a month. When […]