Live With Flair

With October here, I bring out all the fall decorations. I place mums and pumpkins on the front porch. I swirl the leaf garlands on

Today I remember that after exertion, one must recuperate. I’m listening to a new friend describe the way she recuperates after a day of activity.

I’m visiting Gettysburg, and no matter how many times I walk the battlefields, I’m always overcome with the extraordinary sacrifice of soldiers–then and now–who fight

A couple from Texas–they know cowboy boots–comments on my own boots. “We love those boots!” they exclaim. The man leans over to look more closely

Last night, I learn about the following conversation: A mother shares her concern over her daughter’s dream to run an orphanage in Haiti. “Why are

We finally cut down our dried-up sunflower bloom and roast the seeds. “Well, we did it,” I sigh to my daughter. It’s bittersweet; the whole

This morning, the Dragon Boy begins every animated sentence with, “Did you know?” He has so much to share. “Did you know about . .

15 years ago (I remember the day!) a wise, older woman took me by the hand and said, “You experience so much stress. Sometimes stress

I’m in line at the grocery store, and I can’t take my eyes off of a little baby strapped to his mother in a Baby

I’m telling my woes to my hairstylist (the one who told me last year that it’s better to be the spotlight than be in the