Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours! We're wishing you the most merry and bright (and safe!) holiday season....

*Please note: all photos were made and recollections were written down well before the pandemic. Please practice safety this year and...

This year- and every year- we are thankful for YOU! Thank you for being weekly readers, newsletter subscribers, and friends. We could...

The past several months have certainly been a trying time for all of us and, like all of you, I look forward to this time passing. Even...

When the pandemic first started - way back in March - I thought things would be back to normal in a few weeks. Boy, was I ever wrong...

When Sarah was little we used to have, what we called, “girl parties.” We’d try to do this at least a few times each month when I was off...

YES, you guessed it! I bought another pair of these fabulous shoes! Has this become a sickness? Maybe so but I can’t stop now! I’m in too...

One Day by Gene Weingarten is a non-fiction that reads like a novel. It is incredibly well written and completely held my attention from...

I’ve been lucky enough to see David Sedaris in concert numerous times and each time was better than the one before as he read from his...

When I was a kid we made lots of homemade things - doll clothes, hopscotch on the driveway, outdoor and indoor ‘forts,’ popsicles, and...

I grew up with a number of wonderful friends, many of whom I am still friends with today. We lived in neighborhoods that were close to...

When I was growing up I remember thinking things like this: “Geez, my parents are so old!” “Who goes to bed at 10pm? Old people, that's...

SMILES! I am a smile-y person (and have expensive teeth :-) so I will tell you that during this pandemic I miss people seeing my smile,...

So, it is now summer and we are still - mostly - quarantined. As my youngest son often says, “What a time to be alive!” There’s some...

I absolutely loved “Dear Edward.” It reminded me of a mix of “Before the Fall” and a coming of age tale. There has been a lot of hype...

This is so easy to do and my pupster really enjoys these little biscuits. They’re made with ingredients most of us already have in the...

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel is absolutely one of the best books I have read in 2020. It is well documented how much I loved...

We're on summer vacay! That means we're taking a break from our regular posting schedule. We'll be back with fresh new content on...

I’ve never thought much about aromatherapy even though there is a pot of coffee percolating and a candle burning whenever I am home and...

I started working when I was 15 years old. It was a typical mall job that started out during the Christmas holiday. I loved that my job...