(Posted today on The Boomer Cafe) That’s twice this week that he used the big spoon. It struck me as odd when I emptied the dishwasher. Now, three days after that, I see that he’s used it again. I shouldn’t…
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My Husband Used the Big Spoon
Tagged with: cooking, Covid Stay at home, humor, lockdown humor, relationship humor
Posted in Covid stay at hom, dads, Family, Home, humor, News, relationships
Posted in Covid stay at hom, dads, Family, Home, humor, News, relationships
To Survive the Pandemic, I Escaped to the Middle Ages
Bread making and alcohol – that’s how a lot of my friends got through this past year of Covid seclusion. A more loathsome lot spent their time by picking up a new skill like sewing or guitar, or learning a…
Tagged with: coronavirus, covid, humor, lockdown, stay at home, The Last Kingdom
Posted in Covid stay at hom, Home, humor, News
Posted in Covid stay at hom, Home, humor, News
Buddy, You Complete Me
(A book excerpt from Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing?) There are were few things more annoying than crazy dog people. They are often worse than new parents in their belief that their dog is more unique or intelligent than…
Men Who Wear Masks Get More SEX!
My take on mask wearing featured today on Slackjaw! View at Medium.com Okay, so maybe this study hasn’t been completed, or published yet, or even started for that matter, but simple deductive reasoning leads to the obvious conclusion that men…
Buddy, You Complete Me
(A book excerpt from Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing?” Avail on Amazon) There are were few things more annoying than crazy dog people. They are often worse than new parents in their belief that their dog is more unique…
Tagged with: animals, dog resuce, dogs, humor, rescue dogs
Posted in animals, dogs, humor, News, Uncategorized
Posted in animals, dogs, humor, News, Uncategorized
I’m in this show! Expressing Motherhood
This Tuesday and Wednesday! A storytelling series about the ups and downs of parenthood At the Lyric in SilverLake Tickets still available for the 7:00PM shows. Warning: I will be swearing. click here https://expressingmotherhood.com/
LA Parent Magazine Piece on IS THAT THE SHIRT YOU’RE WEARING?
Nice piece in May issue of LA Parent Magazine about my book, IS THAT THE SHIRT YOU’RE WEARING? Summertime. Your kids love it, but do you? You don’t have to answer that. Instead, sit back and live vicariously through Kristen…
Tagged with: Mothers day, parenting book, parenting humor, parenting teens, sandwich generation
Posted in book review, books, comedy, humor, mother daughter, mothering, News, parenting
Posted in book review, books, comedy, humor, mother daughter, mothering, News, parenting
How To Use A Landline (a tutorial for my kids)
Realized the other day that my kids avoid making actual phone calls – ironic because they are always on their phones texting etc. Guess I never taught them this basic life skill. So I made a helpful video!
Tagged with: how to use a landline, modern parenting, parenting humor, teenager humor, telephones
Posted in comedy, humor, kids, mothering, News, parenting
Posted in comedy, humor, kids, mothering, News, parenting
IT’S GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME (a book excerpt)
An excerpt from Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing? a collection of essays by Kristen Hansen Brakeman It was the time of year that instilled dread and fear in the hearts of parents across the country. College application deadline? No.…
Tagged with: girl scout cookies, humor, life with kids, parenting
Posted in cookies, humor, kids, mother daughter, mothering, News, parenting
Posted in cookies, humor, kids, mother daughter, mothering, News, parenting
Updating Mom’s Christmas Card List Drove Me To Drink!
My mother needed her Christmas card list updated because — well there’s no gentle way to put it — her friends keep dying. Since I was the one who volunteered to print the address labels for her Christmas cards the year after my dad…
Kristen Hansen Brakeman 