Are you: Serious? Silly? Snarky? Sentimental? Sarcastic? Stylish? Too tired to lick a stamp? When it comes to Holiday Greetings (the politically correct term although not nearly alliterative enough for a title), I am almost All of the Above. I careen each year, if it is possible to have an annual careening, between the light and the lovely, hitting everything in...

If there are no fireworks in your relationship, you’re in trouble. I was in trouble. The guy I eventually married — the key word here, folks, is “eventually” — and I were about to have our first Fourth of July together. Yes, that SUCH a girly thing to say. But I take these things seriously and I wanted there to be, well, fireworks! Literally....