Making Ends Meet

A Tale of the Tail of the Trail

Dec 20, 2025 • Cara Mentzel

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June 2025

Doggone It People Lick Me

So far the most helpful nugget I have taken away from Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory is to wake up and acknowledge that someone might not like me today.

Jun 13, 2025 • Cara Mentzel

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April 2025

I'm Back

I have attempted a new writing piece for this blog over forty times in the past ten months.

Apr 6, 2025 • Cara Mentzel

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May 2024

Fledglings and the Friday Night Manhattan

My kindergarten class studied bald eagles last week.

May 12, 2024 • Cara Mentzel

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April 2024

The Waiting Place

To Mrs. C. We miss you.

Apr 1, 2024 • Cara Mentzel

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November 2023

The Giant

Redwood and evergreen

Nov 19, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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The 6 Most Surprising Discoveries I’ve Made in Los Angeles This Year

When peering into a stroller, it is more likely you will find a dog than a child.

Nov 1, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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October 2023

Life Lessons From the Living Room

The living room in our previous Los Angeles rental was small, it made our loveseat feel like an SUV in a parking space designated for compact cars.

Oct 23, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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September 2023

Things that Come in Twos

I’ve been with a lot of little ones this week on the book tour for Proud Mouse.

Sep 15, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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July 2023

Aging Gracefully Hot Wings Style (and a Little Menopause Math)

It was a simple room in the family’s Baptist church flanked by an accordion wall on one side and a serving window to the kitchen on the other.

Jul 17, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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May 2023

Bug, Chicken, and the Speed Queen:

Singing the Praises of the Local Coin Laundromat

May 22, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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I Started Couples Therapy (The Real Thing, Not The Show) And Now I’m Addicted To Love Island (The Show—Is There a Real Thing?)

Part 2: BELIZE!

May 11, 2023 • Cara Mentzel

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