A Few of My Favorite Things
Sometimes simple things can add a bright spot to an otherwise ordinary day.
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- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
Are you a Coastal Grandmother?
If you are, own it! It's a "thing."
- May 25, 2022
- 8 min
Stuff Rules
8 observations on the powerful role of stuff in our lives.
- Jan 1, 2022
- 6 min
Inventory With Intention
How taking inventory of last year's accomplishments can inform and inspire this year's goals and resolutions.
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Diary of a Digital Dinosaur
How I'm owning my electronic obsolescence...even embracing it.
- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
10 Life Lessons from Downtown Abbey
What writer Julian Fellowes reminds us about life and love through his popular series.
- Oct 9, 2021
- 4 min
Pumpkin and Pampering...
An observation on modern self care.
- Aug 14, 2021
- 3 min
Laugh Often...and 19 more...
20 Rules to Live By by Gina Barreca...author, humorist, English professor, and feminist scholar.
- Jul 31, 2021
- 5 min
What's Fear Got To Do With It?
How fear is healthy, unhealthy, and a natural part of who we are, no matter who we are.
- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
Privilege and Perspective
Finding ourselves in service to others...a guest post by Emily Crocker
- Mar 7, 2021
- 8 min
The Year of Discovery
A year ago this month, the world was forever changed. In some ways, I was, too...for the better.
- Feb 23, 2021
- 9 min
Chasing Sleep & How to Catch It
Eight borrowed tips for getting better sleep...and my own 50-something experience with each.
- Feb 4, 2021
- 5 min
What's the Perfect People Power Tool?
Asking the right questions can be more valuable than the answers in building healthy relationships.
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
It's a New Year...More or Less
Ten optimistic thoughts on using the lessons from 2020 to find balance in 2021.
- Dec 16, 2020
- 6 min
Closing a Crazy Year With Carols
Why we should lean on Christmas music more than ever this year...and 12 new (or old?) ways to do it.
- Sep 23, 2020
- 6 min
Fundamental, Fascination or Fantasy?
Thoughts on our love affair with food and how we can get it can love us back.
- Sep 3, 2020
- 6 min
Renewing, Refreshing, Reinventing
My basic 3 R's for surviving the remainder of 2020 in a coronavirus culture.
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
Mad Men and Women Going Mad
How a popular TV show with a handsome, flawed lead character helped me process a few things about myself.
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