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- Oct 29
- 3 min
Screen Time & Instagram Dreams
Instagram fashion is my new guilty, frivolous pleasure. Moments before I drift off to sleep, I wander blissfully through the pages of...
- Sep 30
- 2 min
Mushrooms Are Having A Moment
From psychedelic to kitsch, the simple mushroom is popping up in stores and all-over the news and social media. Not so much for eating...
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Beginnings & Endings
Recently, someone dear to us passed away. Although we had stopped being related many years ago, we still visited, talked, and,...
- Jul 9
- 4 min
If I knew you were coming I'd've baked a cake....
Come in! Well, well, well. Look who's here. I haven't seen you in many a year. If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a...
- May 20
- 4 min
Chicken Nancy & the eggs
My friend and I would go on road trips - a day-long adventure to our favorite garden center-shop ever - Terrain in Pennsylvania. We'd go...
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Pink Motivation
I have a friend who loves the color, pink. She always has. Just the mere mention of the word makes her happy. Such a simple thing, but it...
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Where is Happiness? Have you checked your cupboard lately?
It's the beginning of March, and already most of us have forgotten our new year's resolutions, or never made them in the first place...
- Jan 8
- 2 min
7 Minute Solutions
It takes my trusty, electric tea-kettle seven minutes to come to a boil. Seven glorious minutes to do other things while I anticipate my...
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
A Christmas Poem (& a New Year wish)
Just four days till Christmas, and all through the town, Credit cards are up, and bank balances are down. With the season of Giving...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
It's Christmas! Time to strip off and eat a pomegranate
They say that it's best to sleep naked. Especially when you reach a certain age (ahem, yes, I'm there). Apparently, it forces your body...
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Red Lipstick and a whole lot of Hope!
Living (and coping?) in this crazy, covid world. With the wedding just a week away, and the potential for a lockdown looming in the...
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
Thanks and Giving
As a transplant to this country, I had never celebrated Thanksgiving before, and the thought of having a big turkey dinner the week...
- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
Where the clouds are....
The no-fuss, easy-peasy way to finding your space and enjoying your own little bit of happy. Not to be corny, but writing isn't something...
- Jan 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Curvy Home
Have you ever hugged a curvy girl in spanx? Yes, they serve their purpose for making us feel better about ourselves in a fancy dress,...
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
A Brief Moment With My Geraniums
Yesterday, I was spending some quality time with my geraniums....
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
We Just Called To Cheer You Up!
A long time ago, my grandparents moved from their picturesque town in the north of England to a bustling suburb just outside of London....
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
#InternationalWomensDay You Deserve It!
I was getting to know someone new the other day. We were sharing parts of our lives, and I was just saying how lucky I was, when she...
- Jan 3, 2020
- 2 min
Happy New Year! Life Lessons from a four year old...
Happy New Year! 10 Life lessons from a four year old...No 3; Please and thank you will always get you more goldfish.
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Joy of Waiting
It seems that my car is often a catalyst for my thoughts...the perfect place to analyze and organize my life.
- Nov 27, 2019
- 2 min
Getting it done - a last minute guide to an organized Thanksgiving
It's the day before Thanksgiving, and there's such a sense of urgency in the air that it is starting to feel a bit unpleasant... As we...