What sane, over-60 woman would get on a stage, with dreams of earning a glittery crown by singing, gliding across the floor wearing a sequenced evening gown, culminating in her …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/2/15
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I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my …
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/14
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A DNA test can help solve crimes, determine someone’s paternity, or even identify ancient mummies. But I had my DNA tested recently for a simpler reason — to find out my true heritage. Who am I? …
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3/12/14
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Screaming. Shouting. Crying. Sobbing. Hair pulling. Ah, what ecstasy!
This Feb. 9 marks 50 years since The Beatles stormed America and appeared on The Ed Sullivan show. The mop-top foursome …
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By Mary Malloy
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2/5/14
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Throughout our lives, along with our major life choices, most of us make smaller changes along the way — our clothes, our choice of drink ( say, from a shot of Southern Comfort to an apple-pear …
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By Mary Malloy
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6/5/13
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Well tie me down and tickle me silly! You’d think I could find one good shade of gray in the hair color aisle — but alas, there’s no “Silver Siren,” or “Greyhound Gorgeous,” or even …
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By Mary Malloy
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6/5/13
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Well tie me down and tickle me silly! You’d think I could find one good shade of grey in the hair color aisle — but alas, there’s no “Silver Siren,” or “Greyhound Gorgeous,” or even …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/9/13
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I came home from work one day last week, weary and a bit overwhelmed from trying to tell the hundreds of local stories that came out of Hurricane Sandy, but happy that I was lucky enough to have my …
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By Mary Malloy
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11/14/12
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Lions and tigers and bears — oh my! The forest was dense, and twigs scraped against our jeans as we hunted for the Wicked Witch of the West, using sticks as weapons. We wandered off from the …
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By Mary Malloy
mmalloy@liherald.com
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10/18/12
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This column originally ran in March, 2009.
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By Mary Malloy
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9/26/12
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