The Annual Escape

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I have made a monumental decision this month.  It’s groundbreaking, one I highly recommend, and truth be told, I’m a repeat offender.  I have decided to run away from home. The precedent for this particular activity was set several years ago.  I blame Lisa Ann.  Or...

Clothing Conundrum

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I understand that with time – mostly as a result of necessity – acceptable attire changes.  As women, we are certainly the winners in this wardrobe revolution as we are no longer required to wear full length skirts and corsets as society once dictated.  Sure, we...

Summertime Livin’

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Even though I’m grown with a big girl job and no babies at home to entertain, educate and elevate for three months of a sweltering season, summer still reads different.  It’s a feeling, a mood, a vibe if you will.  I think Ella summed it up best: “Summertime and...

Wanderlust

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Mr. Kaminski likes to wander.  He’s all about getting to a locale and then traveling to a different locale on a grand adventure, no planning, just a spur of the moment excursion. I do not share his propensity for unprepared, unplanned, unpredictable wanderlust.  I need...

Scribing the Legacy of Life

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I write.  It’s just what I do.  I am so blessed to have people who enjoy what I write and actually take the time to both read and tell me so.  I don’t ever take that for granted.  If I made someone laugh or prompted them to recall a particular moment in their...

Construction Chaos

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher As women, we are expected to wear many hats.  We’re not just wives, mothers, businesswomen, community leaders, philanthropists, chefs, property managers, housekeepers, HR directors, laundresses, mediators – we’re a combination of all it requires to exist in our...

Tickled Pink

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I guess you could say I’m a pink girl.  I like pink.  I wore a pink suit just the other day – something I’ve never done before – and received rave reviews.  Seems like the color suits me in my later life. So, it was with much thought and consideration that I...

IYKYK

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I like poems.  I like alliteration.  I like to rhyme.  It’s just what I do. Growing up, I wrote poems as invitations for my babies’ birthday parties.  They were memorable.  They were on theme.  They were cute.  At least I thought so, and that’s all that really...

Mommy Muses

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve had many jobs in my life – worn many hats, so to speak – as the occasion and circumstance required.  I believe that’s true of most women – the juxtaposition of doing this or that regardless of your experience or background as the need arises. And if...

High Alert in Green Acres

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve shared that life here in Green Acres is anything but boring.  And I have to admit, I’m on somewhat high alert when traversing to and fro while out here.  I pay closer attention because honestly, you just never know. Many times, the surprises are beautiful. ...

Personalities?

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I like to forge ahead.  I’m not big on looking back, and I’m the first to take the risk then back up later and apologize if necessary.  After all, if the action that I presumed to take was successful, no apology imminent, right? Now that’s not to say I’m not...

The Closet Conundrum

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I have begun making plans for the next phase of my life.  Now I know what you’re thinking.  Retirement fund, long-term care planning, accessible single-story housing.  Nope.  That’s not it.  I’ve been planning out prayerfully and considerately my new favorite...

The Inequities of It All

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher For centuries women have fought for equality.  Equality with their male counterparts.  But here’s the rub.  Men and women are not equal.  The female species is far superior to the male species, which is precisely why men have fought so vehemently for decades to...

I Love New York!

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I love New York!  This is not simply a marketing phrase to me.  I sincerely love going to the Big Apple.  I’m a happy girl when there.  You’ve just got to love any city nicknamed after horse racing and jazz, right? Mr. Kaminski graciously offered a trip to NYC to...

Popping the Question

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Thirty-two years ago on this very day, I married Mr. Kaminski.  It was a grand affair at the Omni in Houston, interestingly enough, attended by many Fort Bend friends that are still in our lives.  Years ago, 20ish years into the marvelous matrimony, we attended a...