It is easy to get carried away with the pursuit of all the ‘essential’ trappings of Christmas. This may include scoring the hot gift item, or wowing loved ones with a ‘big blowout’ mountain of gifts under the tree. Many of the sweetest pleasures of the season can be had inexpensively. Scents of the season […]
November starts with “no” and there is a lot about November to dislike. For one, it is getting darker in the northern hemisphere, and colder. This happens every year, it isn’t new, and yet as we get older we are sometimes less adaptable. We miss the warm sunshine. We likely miss the vitamin D. Things
October: In like a pumpkin, out like a Jack ‘o Lantern. The simple joys of October start with that venerable gourd, the pumpkin. Huge cardboard bins full of them start appearing in the markets by the end of September. Who can argue with the cheery bright orange hominess of a pumpkin as it waits patiently
Summer is slipping away into autumn. It happens every year, yet always too soon. Do you ever find yourself hanging on to what is ebbing away rather than jumping bravely towards the new season? Or maybe you are the opposite, ready to move on. You might spend Labor Day weekend packing away all the evidence
Studies show that by incorporating a regularly scheduled gratitude into our days, we can become more positive and happier. When we look for the good, we find it and identify more of it. Identify it. Who and what are we grateful for? There are the big things, like food, clothing, and shelter. The necessities of