Thank you to my sister for gifting me with my new favorite game. And it's a movie game to boot! All hail the supremely cute renderings of "Movie Geek." Want to chuckle alongside a cartoonish red rose-lapelled Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" (1972)? Cue "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." Or a tough-nut archer goddess called Katniss Everdeen, played by super-cool Jennifer Lawrence, in the dystopian thriller "The Hunger Games" (2012)? I swear this game was

As I enthusiastically welcomed the New Year, with visions of delectable potato soup prancing in my head, and excitement brimming over for my new holiday gift of "The Easy Potato Soup Cookbook," I was not prepared for the culinary mayhem about to rain down in my kitchen. It was December 31st, and I was embarking on my annual tradition of "cooking something new," which I always like to do on those New Year's Eves in which I am "sans plans." How cozy. How fun, right? Well, u

Starting my personal blog "Color Me..." was a true dream come true. It was December 2015. And while I had an "idea" of what I wanted this blog to be, and a "quasi-plan" of how I wanted to go about achieving this seemingly mammoth endeavor, the real motivation didn't come until I watched that iconic, dreamy, oldie romance film called "An Affair to Remember" (1957). Yes, I kid you not. Call it the pink fizz in my champagne glass that, once imbibed, truly brought my dream to

Somewhere between yesterday and today, between last year and this year, I have grown deeper in my capacity to endure loss.  I suppose it comes with age.  The older we get, the more relationships we’ll forge, and the more loved ones we’ll see pass away.  A big sad sigh.  It’s simple logic. For me, this 2025 year, I have said goodbye to my mom.  She was a bona fide “feisty” force of nature, a funny “crackpot,” a talented “crochet artist,” an avid “Dutch-team” soccer fan, a “sin