The Thrill of The Free Sample
The appeal of the truly free sample is this: it’s a bonus. It means your day is at least one rung higher....
Laura De Veau
Parenting After 50: How to Chaperone
If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an army to chaperone a trip to a museum....
Our Love/Hate Relationship With Our Bras
I have a lot of things I would like to spend $700 on, other than clothing items that give me back pain....
Over 50 Parenting: Holding Memories in My Hand
My daughter was placed in my arms in Nanchang, China when she was 11 months old. ...
No Concert Is Worth Using A Porta-Potty For Women Over 50
I’m 50, and a clean toilet without a long line is worth its weight in Sting CDs....
20 Years of Marriage Held Together with An Allen Wrench
I am good at putting together imported screw together furniture … otherwise known as ISTF. ...
Don’t Judge Me By My Manicure
Ten years ago, I would have cared way too much about what another woman thought...no more....
Laura De Veau
Laura De Veau is a humor writer and consummate observer of life. A life-long Yankee fan, she lives in suburban Boston where she doesn’t talk about baseball, ever. She maintains a lively family life with her husband of 20 years, her 10-year-old daughter, Spicy Girl and a rescue beagle named, Daisy who enjoys cuddling and eating toilet paper off the roll. She works full-time as a higher education administrator, is pursuing her Ed.D., and misses her time as a stand-up comedian each and every day.