GirlTalk

Another Mother’s Day comes and goes and my mom is gone another year, and I am a mother myself one more year.

I was dying to take a boat ride in this hugely landlocked city.

Wanting to “get in” through her apparent immaturity and “Pollyanna spin,“ Dr. Phil believes he’s gotten through to a con artist who’s been caught in a trap of her own .

Today’s Dr. Phil show was only part one it turns out. Part two of his interview with Nadya Suleman, the octuplets’ mom will be on Thursday.

A friend of mine asked me how stories got into the newspaper. Seems he had been the sounding board to many gripes about less-than-desirable coverage. I explained the process as best I could because in news, hard-and-fast rules are few, if any.

A cat person is learning to become a dog person, with help from the community.

Victoria Stilwell has been teaching this cat person how to be a dog person.

The recent coverage of our new first lady seems to be lacking in depth.

As an avid fan of all things Oprah, I’m pretty tuned into her shows even though I’m rarely home to watch, and have a subscription to her magazine, which I read religiously. Yet even I have to say I was shocked to hear (from my mother, nonetheless) that last Friday’s show was about sex, and a segment was devoted to (people uncomfortable with this topic, stop reading now) sex toys.

Barack Obama, sworn in as the 44th President of the United States gives a new face to America

Kay’s Mazie ran away from my husband, out the back door again, while I was working.

It’s almost been two weeks since Kay’s Mazie came to live with my husband and I.

Well, it’s upon us. 2009. Time to get back into the swing of the daily grind, and for many of us that means getting our holiday-food-padded tushies back into the gym and back on normal diets that don’t contain Christmas cookies.

Women’s Caucus tops ‘09 list with health

In case you were wondering what Kay’s Mazie looked like, here’s her head shot