Much of our lives is spent in the land of almost. We are almost done, almost ready, almost grown up. We observe the stages of our...

ZEST is great Scrabble word. It’s also one of those feel good words that sounds like what it means; a pick me up, a spark, a little...

Just the sound of the word QUIT sends shivers up my spine. We’ve been taught to be disgusted by the concept of quitting and to be...

For the past year and a half, the days, weeks and months have blended together. It seems impossible that Fall, 2021 is around the corner....

Of all the expressions that have been drummed into my head since childhood, “don’t settle” is probably at the top of the list. For...

Every January my heart breaks when the gardener cuts down the rose bushes, killing whatever was blooming and leaving the branches looking...

I know everyone is about to start the holiday weekend so this will be short and sweet. Hot dogs, parades, fireflies, red, white, and blue...

On Sunday, social media was filled with pictures and touching tributes to dads everywhere. I couldn’t bring myself to post anything on...

When I was a teenager I loved the song It Only Takes a Moment from the Broadway show Hello Dolly. We were a musical comedy family so...

The most often asked question to determine whether one is an optimist or a pessimist is: Do you see the glass as half full or...

Remember the days when you and your friends would run outside and play games together? There was a sense of freedom and instant...

You're sitting in the car with a boyfriend or girlfriend. No one is saying anything. A minute or so goes by and you feel compelled to say...

“You can do better than grocery store flowers and a card, can’t you?” Does this first line in a recent NY Times article entitled...

May, the most beautiful month of the year, is around the corner. Millions of people have received the vaccine. People are peeking out...

What do you think of when you hear the word honesty? I can’t help but think of the Billy Joel song. It always felt like he was singing...

Did you know that FOMO is a real word? The dictionary definition is: “Fear of missing out is a social anxiety stemming from the belief...

Dear All, It's been a year since I started these newsletters. The Stay at Home order was weird and scary and people needed hope, optimism...

Dear All, COVID has aged me. The struggles, the losses, the feeling of being trapped, the depletion of energy, the repetition of days,...

Dear All, Virginia Woolf's extended essay "A Room of One's Own, in which she argues that women need to be able to have their own space,...

Dear All, Last week felt like the beginning of a new season! The country heralded in a new president amidst music, poetry, love and...