The other day was the kind that almost doesn't seem real, it was so perfect. Warm, quite warm, but not hot and not at all humid. There w...

I just wanted to thank you all for such heartfelt comments on my recent post . You can't imagine what that support means to me right now...

Spring certainly seems to be dragging its feet here in mid-Michigan. Or, maybe it just feels like it was so long ago that we had our last sp...

Greetings from the Polar Vortex. Chances are if you live most places in the US, you are in it, too.    We are in the midst of a deep freeze ...

Recently, the New York Times had an article about seven reflection questions to ask yourself that might help you have a happier new year in...

I can't say I'm sorry to flip my calendar to April. In "The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot wrote that  April is the cruelest mont...

This coming weekend is  Easter -- March 31. I'm not a fan of early Easter. I wish they'd just pick one date in mid-to-late April and...

" Art is a medicine that I must take and, my goodness, I feel better, lighter, alive, energised and I've started humming again!...

Is anyone else a little freaked out that we are well into November? Less than two months till Christmas? There was a time when I was more or...

The end of season walk is quieter, more contemplative, than those during the heat of summer. In the summer, many others are encountered and ...

Well, we can't say we aren't well into September, only a few days from "official" fall. Time is flying and I'm -- not!...

Recently, in the New York Times, Melissa Kirsch shared some thoughts on the end of summer saying "We're in the down elevator....

I went to a wonderful estate sale last month -- but it was also a sad one. The resident of the home was the dad of a high school friend of m...

It's our turn. Thanks to those of you who checked in on email, Facebook and otherwise to see if Rick and I were OK after the tragic shoo...

I share these moments of angst in the spirit of keeping it real. Because I have a feeling I'm not the only person going through some sor...

How many speeches do you hear at awards time that begin with "I would like to thank the Academy...," followed by a long list of pe...

I had my official start to the holiday season over the weekend. My friend Jan and I took our annual visit to the Northville, Michigan greens...

My world is a pretty quiet one this week and that's a good thing. I've been laying low, doing "homely" things, reading (af...

I've been listening to and reading a lot of news lately, especially as we lead up to the midterm elections in the U.S. And I've also...

Summertime and the living is easy. So they say, at any rate, but this summer seemed decidedly odd. There is a hint of instability, melanchol...