Perhaps, the 2012 ‘end of the world’ predictions aren’t so far off!  After all, Dealbook reported that Hostess Brands, founded in 1930, home of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos filed for bankruptcy. Does that mean that Twinkies will be no more? The Twinkie, a spongy, cream-filled cake that we’ve grown to know so well,…

Praise be and good luck for Our Lady of Weight Loss (and me)!  Beliefnet is currently featuring our gallery (in a number of newsletters):  13 Ways to Improve Your Luck, which – of course – was inspired by Friday, the 13th, a day some consider unlucky. (Go figure?!) Our Lady of Weight Loss is a…

There is a clock.  It’s called The Doomsday Clock.  Are you familiar with it?   I’ve pretty much chosen to live – happily – in my own little joyful bubble, and one of the ways that I have succeeded in doing so is by doing my best to steer clear of  Doomsday – Apocalypse type predictions. …

Happy Global Warming??? Tushkateers!!!  I am racked with guilt, Tushkateers!  HELP!  Here we are – closing in on mid-January – and the temperatures are still (praise be) unseasonably warm, and intellectually I know that this can not be a good thing, but – at the same time – I can’t wipe the smile off my…

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