By MICHELLE RICCARDI
mia8263(at)gmail.com
Dear cactus i.v. readers,
I didn’t flake out again… I’ve been playing nurse for my parents. If you don’t take care of yourself bad things will happen when you get old. My parents aren’t in nursing homes… yet… but bad things happened because they didn’t take the best care of themselves. You only get […]

By MICHELLE RICCARDI
mia8263(at)gmail.com
Dear cactus i.v. readers,
I want to thank Beth for her support in last week’s column. I’m back at the bank; don’t know for how much longer. Not that I don’t want a stable job but banking might be too boring for me.
Some background on me: I have been working since I was 10 […]

Michelle Riccardi has found her way back to the cactus. You may have found that out yesterday when her column ran, but in case you missed it, that’s why I’m here.
She’s going to start writing again every Sunday. That much is set. The topic, well, that’s always going to be up in the air. The […]

By MICHELLE RICCARDI
mia8263(at)gmail.com
Dear cactus i.v.,
You may or may not remember me, but I was the first food and drink writer and the Cactus Springer co-writer. My name is Michelle. I’m 23 years old and possibly the most confused person YOU’VE ever met. Some may say I make my life as complicated as it is; others […]

Dear cactus i.v.,
On Thursday morning I got the kids on the bus and retired to my office for the morning. For the first time in awhile I had no errands and was actually free until the kids arrived home at 2:30 p.m. I closed the door and started for the bed before looking towards my […]

By ATARI JAY
dearatari(at)gmail.com
Dear cactus i.v.,
I have finally found an appropriate job title: I am the personal assistant to the Whitman family. Catherine and Harris are the parents of Jeff, 7, and Jane, 5. Months ago when I moved here I was employed as a live out nanny and was led to believe I would be […]