Why I’m Thankful for Lice

As we approach the holiday season, it occurred to me that among the many things I’m grateful for, head lice hold a special place in my heart. Not because they’re kind of cute on the ...

The Seven-Year Itch

I pick bugs off people’s heads. And I love what I do.  Really.  I think I would have made an awesome primate mother, especially when I consider the unlimited snacks. Since nit picking comes naturally ...

The Lice Coach is “IN”

In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy set up shop in a lemonade stand, offering psychiatric help for a nickel. If I had a nickel for every Lice Happens client who needed a little psychological support, ...

A Bug in a Rug or a Whole Tub of Chicken?

Contrary to the popular adage, ignorance is decidedly NOT bliss. Not in the lice eradication business, anyway. Imagine thinking that you’d continue to be plagued by lice unless you cleaned and sanitized every square millimeter ...

It’s As Bad As She Thinks

The onset of hot summer weather makes me nostalgic for a winter story.  (This may have to do with my aversion to perspiring through my favorite summer cottons, and I’m just trying to convince myself ...