Happy Independence Day!

Celebrate our freedoms today! Even though it might not seem like we have the same freedoms as the week before with recent Supreme Court decisions like Hobby Lobby. However you choose to celebrate today, take a moment to read our Declaration of Independence, all 1,333 words of it, and think about the bravery and courage…

Sexist Pig or Inept Interviewer?

This blog/rant is inspired by Matt Lauer’s non-apology follow up for asking Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, ” Given the pressure of this job at General Motors, can you do both well? (Meaning being a CEO and a good mother?) His non-apology was defensive drivel, IMHO, “If a man had publicly said something similar…

I love the Fair!

I’ve always loved the fair, since I joined 4H when I was 10. We had cattle, so my first introduction to the fair was showing a heifer. Too bad I can’t find a picture of me in my cowboy boots and belt with the Elvis belt buckle and my name burned in to the back…

Win What You Do Enter!

I must have been really hungry when I signed up for culinary arts entries for the San Mateo County Fair because I ended up entering 9 food items (3 of which were brownies). As I perused the fair catalog deciding what to enter, I kept notes as to what I might want to enter and…