Few people know what it’s like to have a name as odd as Starshine’s. But Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii? She knows.
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Starshine Roshell
Writer & Columnist | Santa Barbara, CA
Charting the puzzles and peeves of kid-herding — from Huggies to homework, Pilates to pinatas.
Published bi-weekly, twice a month
Few people know what it’s like to have a name as odd as Starshine’s. But Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii? She knows.
Continue reading Starshine Roshell, Meet Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
Through some terrible mutation of natural law, a four-letter word has become my young son’s all-time favorite utterance.
Despite what it looks like, Starshine swears she did NOT give birth to two Sarah Brightman-loving 68-year olds.
Powerless at the pump, the bus may be the exact change you need.
Lamenting that boys prefer guns to glitter.
Parents aren’t supposed to say this out loud, but… we don’t always like our kids.
Fifty mothers bask in a kindness that has become all but foreign to them.
iPods and YouTube and Twitter, oh, my! An unnerving but enlightening teens-and-the-media summit.
Continue reading How to Handle the Brave New World of i, X, IM, and Wii
Deconstructing Spring Cleaning and other lies meant to torture us.
Starshine submits to a cafeteria lunch at a local elementary school and lives to tell the tale.