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Spring has sprung. How many times have you heard that phrase? When I think of those words, I think of flowers in bloom, fresh rain on the...

“That thing you do, after your day job, in your free time, too early in the morning, too late at night. That thing you read about, write...

William Shakespeare said, “The eyes are the window to your soul.” Lately, I have paid a lot more attention to people’s eyes. While...

What was popular in 1920 for the holiday season? As I researched what life was like in the 1920s, I stumbled across a website Titled,...

My daughter was given a book titled the 12 Days of Christmas when she was 4 years old. We had always sung the song to her each year, but...

Family friends, childhood friends, school friends, wo

This past weekend as I looked for my quiet space to write, it took me almost 6 different spots to find a good fit to quiet my mind....

A year ago, the Classic book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott made a comeback in mainstream America. The motion picture gave society a...

As our front door are closed more than open this year, don't let your hearts be closed. There is still so much goodness around us. . .

December of 2018, my husband and I purchased a 1935 fixer upper in a sleepy town of Monrovia, Ca. We purchased it "As Is." It was no secret

"I used to feel bad that I couldn’t afford to buy the beautiful buffet in the window of a fancy home design store or look longingly at...

When we think of our happiest times as a family, it is the simple pleasures of walking through a field of pumpkins, cuddling up...