Jack's Smack

I decided to travel with my teen son. Not vacation, mind you, but travel. Travel takes patience and a fairly...

Taking your teen to non-traditional locales may or may not make sense; a lot depends on what kind of kid...

Today, The Wall Street Journal posted an article on A Stress-Free Summer Weekend in the Catskills. It's a wonderful, informative,...

It's Summer time and I'm busy trying to find healthy, 'cool', and tasty meals to serve at home. I don't...

I know I struggle with what to do with my hair. I wore it long for so long but somewhere...

Last weekend I went to New Orlean's Jazz Fest with four other women. This was my first Jazz Fest experience....

Holy Cow! We'd be remiss not to showcase this badass Kuel Woman in Women Who Inspire. Tammie Jo Shults was...

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi serves in one of the highest office's in the world in the most populous democratic nation....

We keep hearing about the importance of weight bearing exercises, in particular, as we age. The popularity of bodyweight exercises...

My mother passed away on April 2nd. I was away from home (my home - not  hers) at the time,...