Capturing Critters

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Even though I find myself not in Green Acres these days, it appears that I am still battling all forms of wildlife.  I’m beginning to think it’s me. First there was the telltale evidence of the wee rodent who apparently likes to eat the paper labels off the jars in...

The Annual Escape

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I have made a monumental decision this month.  It’s groundbreaking, one I highly recommend, and truth be told, I’m a repeat offender.  I have decided to run away from home. The precedent for this particular activity was set several years ago.  I blame Lisa Ann.  Or...

Clothing Conundrum

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I understand that with time – mostly as a result of necessity – acceptable attire changes.  As women, we are certainly the winners in this wardrobe revolution as we are no longer required to wear full length skirts and corsets as society once dictated.  Sure, we...

Summertime Livin’

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Even though I’m grown with a big girl job and no babies at home to entertain, educate and elevate for three months of a sweltering season, summer still reads different.  It’s a feeling, a mood, a vibe if you will.  I think Ella summed it up best: “Summertime and...

Wanderlust

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Mr. Kaminski likes to wander.  He’s all about getting to a locale and then traveling to a different locale on a grand adventure, no planning, just a spur of the moment excursion. I do not share his propensity for unprepared, unplanned, unpredictable wanderlust.  I need...

Scribing the Legacy of Life

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I write.  It’s just what I do.  I am so blessed to have people who enjoy what I write and actually take the time to both read and tell me so.  I don’t ever take that for granted.  If I made someone laugh or prompted them to recall a particular moment in their...

Construction Chaos

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher As women, we are expected to wear many hats.  We’re not just wives, mothers, businesswomen, community leaders, philanthropists, chefs, property managers, housekeepers, HR directors, laundresses, mediators – we’re a combination of all it requires to exist in our...

Tickled Pink

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I guess you could say I’m a pink girl.  I like pink.  I wore a pink suit just the other day – something I’ve never done before – and received rave reviews.  Seems like the color suits me in my later life. So, it was with much thought and consideration that I...

IYKYK

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I like poems.  I like alliteration.  I like to rhyme.  It’s just what I do. Growing up, I wrote poems as invitations for my babies’ birthday parties.  They were memorable.  They were on theme.  They were cute.  At least I thought so, and that’s all that really...

Mommy Muses

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve had many jobs in my life – worn many hats, so to speak – as the occasion and circumstance required.  I believe that’s true of most women – the juxtaposition of doing this or that regardless of your experience or background as the need arises. And if...