I knew what I was getting into before I married my husband. The piled up boxes of comic books in his room in college were my first clue. Right now there are about nine cardboard comic book crates in a closet in our house. And the thing that has him […]
Author: Lisa Pawlowski
Is Palin Ready for Office?
As a political conservative, I’ve written previously about how thrilled I was that John McCain picked Governor Sarah Palin as his vice president (See my recent article here). I wasn’t the only one who was excited by his choice. McCain’s poll numbers enjoyed a bounce after the announcement. Donors infused […]
An Independent’s Perspective on Voting
My good friend, Barb, bakes four loaves of bread for her family every weekend because she doesn’t trust the additives and chemicals in store bought bread. Even though she’s a nurse and works in the health industry, she doesn’t take her daughters to the doctor unless she absolutely has to […]
What Is The European View of the United States?
My husband, Kevin, recently came home from a European business trip. Over the course of a week and a half, he visited Poland, England and Ireland. Even though he was across the Atlantic Ocean, he knew exactly what was going on in America because of the constant European news coverage […]
I Finally Have a Horse in the Race
The August 15 issue of Entertainment Weekly featured interviews with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. It was a light interview in which the reporter asked questions like, “Who controls the remote in your home?” “What was the last movie you saw in a theatre?” “Who do you think […]
To Have, To Hold, and To Submit?
One afternoon, when my husband and I were watching my son’s soccer game, a woman I had never met before was eager to share with me something she had just discovered. “I tell you what. I never knew happiness until I learned to submit to my husband.” At first, I […]
Do All Writers Write Books?
Do you hear that sound of smacking lips? That’s me trying to get the bad taste of Austin out of my mouth. That sounds really negative, doesn’t it? It wasn’t all bad. I’m just let down. In my previous post, I wrote with excitement about going to Austin to the […]
When Does Life Start Keeping Score?
A good friend of mine coaches his son’s Pre-K soccer team. It fascinated me to find out that when it comes to keeping score at that young age, they don’t. Or at least they’re not supposed to.