When you’re stuck on the couch with a headache and the sniffles, what else are you to do but watch television? Well that’s where I’ve been for the last three days: in my TV room, fighting …
The Healthy Benefits of Watching Too Much TV
Happy Easter Weekend!
Easter weekend is always a nice time. I have sisters visiting, with egg hunts planned for my nieces and nephews, cookies will be baked, and we’ll all end up eating too many bagels and sweets as …
Is It Still the Weekend?
After many years of working on my own businesses, often from home, I rarely take a real weekend. My breaks are throughout the normal day, but I don’t usually take Saturdays and Sundays to fully unwind …
Pardon the Radio Silence
Did you miss me? Because I missed you! I just got back, late last night, from 8 days of winter adventuring around Iceland. If you happened to follow along on my Instagram, you’d have seen by …
Patiently Waiting for Spring
It’s always darkest before the dawn, or that’s what I keep telling myself while I am snowed in with everyone else after this East Coast blizzard. A few days ago, I swear I saw buds on …
Fortune Favors the Bold
I’ve been thinking about this quote for a while. In fact, I’ve been considering it for a little over a month now. Fortune favors the bold. I guess it means that for those of us standing …
A Monday Full of Hearts and Flowers
How was your weekend? Mine started off with a flurry of OCD cleaning, vacuuming cat hair off kilims, and a green tea face mask, only to end in a majorly unproductive Sunday. With a migraine, I …
Today is My Real Valentine’s Day
While living in San Francisco, I discovered the best deals to be had were in the SF Flower Mart the day after Valentine’s Day. I had taken up casual flower arranging to keep me busy after …
Where in the World Do You Come From?
There’s a viral video on DNA ancestries that has been making the rounds on Facebook recently. A group of 67 individuals from all over the world are interviewed about their ethnic background. Each person seems both proud …
The Women’s March on New York City
At 7 a.m. on Saturday, January 21st my alarm went off. I thought I would be more tired, as I am most mornings, but I easily hopped out of bed, full of anticipation. We were ready, …