Just for the Fun of It

I drive my kids to school most mornings. It’s a time to reconnect with the kids, where there are no Nintendo DS games or friends calling on the phone to distract us. Sometimes, my older son is eating a granola bar as a quick breakfast. The conversation ranges from logistics (who will pick them up…

I have an imaginary daughter. She’s about 13 years old (give or take a few months), has thought about modeling, loves Pottery Barn bedroom furnishings, and is just about ready to start those SAT prep courses. Brianna Joanna is the daughter that the direct marketing industry created. About once a month, for the last few…

Middle of the night web-surfing can be fun (no, I’m not talking about looking at pictures of naked people…) I googled myself tonight. You know–putting my name into Google and seeing what comes up. I used to get annoyed when I saw all these other people named Carol Ross who came up before my listing.…