Barb's Best

Around March I attended a Pampered Chef party hosted by my friend Elizabeth. It seemed that after every item the demonstrator displayed, I w...

Tennyson once wrote "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Is this true? Or more to my own experie...

I've noticed in recent years that the veins in my hands are more prominent. In an article I recently read, a dermatologist explained th...

I participated in my first ever bike race on Saturday, along with the Barblings 3, in the Highmark Quad Competition . I finished 341 out of ...

"Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows." -Helen Nielson

Check out this cool site, Library Thing . You can catalog up to 200 books from your own private library for free. A paid subscription allows...

A few weeks ago I was struck with a profound spiritual thought in the produce section of Giant Eagle...out of season fruit & vegetables ...

With my 46th birthday fast approaching, I did the stereotypical mid-life crisis thing...I bought a convertible.

I recognize that many of my readers are stay-at-home moms (or aunt nannies) and that you often crave adult conversation. However, as one wh...

On the commute home today, I was listening to an NPR piece about Sir Laurence Olivier. Today would have been his 100th birthday. During the ...

"The maxim, 'Nothing avails but perfection,' may be spelled shorter: 'paralysis.'" -Winston Churchill

During the Easter season I often see references to Pontious Pilate - Pilate's thoughts, Pilate's actions. Only I often (honestly, m...

For the past year or so, I've been very aware of a need to change my eating and other health habits. But as usual, I put them off, star...

What came first, spring (the season) or spring (the coiled wire)? I definitely have a spring in my step during the spring, which leads me to...

For as long as I can remember, I've loved the water. More specifically, I love the sound of water - rain on awnings, wild & wicked ...

Earth laughs in flowers -Ralph Waldo Emerson

While we were praying during last night's Bible Study, baby Previte was chatting and gurgling away. I thought that's how we must sou...

Two months of 2007 are gone so I thought you might be interested in how I'm progressing with my New Year's Resolution . If you recal...

My sister, Jean was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and yesterday was her first appointment with her oncologist. Being the good (or cu...

I recently read where Scarlett Johansson, age 22, contributed the following health tip. She's said she's tested for HIV twice a year...