By SHARON K. GILBERT November 18, 2008 SO, A FEW DAYS AGO, Derek and I were sitting in our new living room, watching HGTV, one of the few cable television stations that actually holds our interest these days, when the umpteenth designer said for the umpteenth time — this roomContinue Reading

By SHARON K. GILBERT November 1, 2008 OK, ALL YOU writers out there! Sharpen your pencils, poison your pens, or just nimble up those typing fingers, because it’s National Novel Writing Month! That’s right, the thirty days of November offer up a once a year chance to throw caution toContinue Reading

Ginger (right) and Mac reveal secret plans to their coop-mates. I’ve added the DJIA chart from this past week. (Graphic image from Chicken Run, Released 2000 by Dreamworks SKG) By SHARON K. GILBERT October 24, 2008 YOU CAN LEARN a lot from a chicken. I refer here to the ‘cast’Continue Reading