Reflections on the small things, and the big ones, that impact our day-to-day lives.

Black Friday
There’s been a lot of controversy lately over Black Friday . . . particularly with how it has somehow extended itself into Thursday night after our Thanksgiving meals. The petitions on Change.org and…

Kitchen wisdom
Large or small, those things we call appliances come with expectations that exceed warranties

Sugarholics not-so-anonymous
I’m the opposite of my mother and dessert is my THING. I pride myself on my baking skills—something I excel at probably because I love sugar so much. The “sweet tooth’’—which I definitely…

What is it about dessert?
Sweeten our world, sweeten our day.

Dear high school self . . .
Last weekend I did what my high school self would have thought impossible . . . I ran a 5K. To someone whose attention on the soccer field as a young girl was…

It’s a beautiful day; so why are you on Facebook?
Sure, you’re outside on your deck, laptop/iPad/iPhone/iWhatever at the ready. And you’ve set yourself a time limit, twenty minutes max. Only curiosity trumps will power once you start scrolling through status updates of…

