My mother used to always make banana bread as a kid. While I can’t stand the thought of actually eating a banana, for some reason I love it in a bread… cake… whatever you call it. I’ve been on a banana bread kick this week, made my second one last night because the first one [...]

Another book review. But not just any book review. This is a book I actively tracked down. Wrote the author and begged for a chance to read it. I did. I LOVED IT! Picture Los Angeles far into the future. The United States no longer exists. It’s the Republic of America now. Picture two teenagers, [...]

What makes a house a home? I live in an area of Southern California known for it’s cookie cutter boxes, otherwise known as houses. (Think first season of Weeds.) We are neighborhood after neighborhood of homes that all look the same on the outside. But what makes a house a real home? It’s what is [...]

I’m sitting in the orthodontist’s office having flashbacks to when I was a teen and first got my braces. It’s a little disconcerting considering I absolutely hated everything about braces. Getting them, wearing them, tightening them. It was miserable. It’s hard to have those memories and then sit here and tell my own daughter that [...]