The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?

When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.

A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn't charge more after midnight - or anything before midnight.

I have just come up with a wonderful solution to end all wars. Let me give directions on how to get there.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

There is nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ... Time, self-pity, apathy, bitterness, and exhaustion can take the Christmas out of the child, but you cannot take the child out of Christmas.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.