Kristen Houghton

“Oh my God, you look fabulous!” all six of us exclaim to our friend, Jennifer, whose wedding is in two days. We’re gathered for her...

The criteria for what we want in our lives changes as we get ‘older and wiser.’ Or, is it that maybe we become wiser as...

I’m not one of these people who jump on every health bandwagon. So when it came to the newest catch-phrases such as gluten-sensitive or gluten...

Should you wax or should you shave? These are the thoughts waxing, excuse the pun, through my mind as I contemplate my long-awaited vacation. I’ll...

Does anyone remember that damned commercial from years ago about yogurt and the “itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-yellow-polka-dot-bikini” that used taunt those of us yearning for a hot bod...

No matter where we go, we can be reached at will by the outside world. Cell phones and text messages, Bluetooth and Sync, SKYPE and...

That word retired, it just irks me. It sounds so, well, blah, so ‘there’s nothing left,’ to do. Sadly, so do people’s reaction to the...

Does religion make you happier?  Or does it simply amplify what you already have? For those of us, like me, who have chosen not to...

I have always been one of those people who want to do something; take a class in documentary film making, make more time for my...

“We are living in a time when it seems as if sex is used to sell everything. From laundry detergent to pancakes, from make-up to...