Jammies Required
The weather outside is frightful so invite some friends over and have a delightful time. You won’t need an ugly sweater for this get together but some footy pajamas might be required. It’s Christmas party…
Holiday Simple Pleasures
Find Christmas Magic
Without a pilgrim in sight, it felt like Thanksgiving. Last week our family broke with tradition and headed to Florida for Thanksgiving. We drove 14 hours south to join my husband who has been working…
“Happy” Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving! Merry Christmas! With these phrases we wish one another to be happy and merry. Sometimes it’s easier said than done. Happiness doesn’t just occur because the calendar announced the arrival of a holiday….
Ignore the Facts
I was eavesdropping and I liked it. I forgot my phone at home so for once I had nothing to distract me while waiting in the chiropractor’s office. An older gentleman walked in and another…
Where’s Your Home?
6000 homes and businesses have been destroyed by fire in California. Yet uncounted homes and businesses have been flattened by Hurricane Michael. Homes, hearts and lives torn apart. My husband deals with the aftermath of…
It’s Time to Get Cozy
Are you familiar with the word hygge? It is pronounced hue-guh and is a Danish word. Hygge is about the feeling of being cozy. It involves words and feelings such as warmth, comfortable and safe….
Holiday Forecast
The Indiana temperature is showing no hint that autumn has arrived. Yesterday. I thought I’d die in the hot, humid heat as I wandered around The Feast of the Hunter’s Moon. The Feast is a…
I’m Sharing my Autumn Book for FREE
To cheer you up since summer is beginning to dwindle, I have a gift for you. I’ve decided to share 75 Seasonal Pleasures – Autumn, with you for FREE. “I’m so glad I live in a…
May Day is a Must!
May 1st is May Day. It is an ancient spring festival that has been adapted and altered by past generations, and nations. In early America, baskets were filled with flowers and left on someone’s doorstep….
While Waiting for Spring
The biting wind and threatening sky did little to convince me it was spring. “They” predicted nine inches of snow. Fortunately, “They” were wrong. The storm slipped south and not one flake fell at my…