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April 06, 2009 07:19 AM EDT --
To one side of me, a sakura tree blooms outside our bedroom window. Its baby pink petals (which will only ever last about two weeks) remind me that spring has well and truly arrived. On the . . .
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March 03, 2009 07:25 AM EST --
I’m beginning to really love March. In three short days it has delighted me with handfuls of little surprises (like falling snow in the morning; a new coffee mug that is just the right size; and an unexpected . . .
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January 12, 2009 03:48 AM EST --
So it begins. A new year. A fresh start. A chance to make promises to ourselves and to each other. That faint whisper of hope that floats through our mind, like the clouds that drift oh-so-slowly above, . . .
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December 01, 2008 05:10 AM EST --
Sometimes we just need a break. From our bosses; from our families; from ourselves. And over the last few weeks I’ve taken a break from this blog because I needed to get out of my own head for a while. . . .
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October 29, 2008 07:33 AM EDT --
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
- Barbara Jordan
Oh yes, . . .
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October 11, 2008 11:09 AM EDT --
It's been one of those days. You know the kind - when simply holding it together takes sheer force of will. And although you try your best to stay positive, those little irritations . . .
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October 08, 2008 11:22 PM EDT --
For my eighteenth birthday, a girlfriend of mine paid for me to see a psychic. Now this gentleman, who used tarot cards to help him predict the future, told me that I would end the . . .
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October 08, 2008 07:10 AM EDT --
In February 2007, Edge Magazine published the following article. I thought it so much fun that I just had to share with you.
What does love mean? A group of professionals posed this question to . . .
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October 07, 2008 08:22 AM EDT --
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and in a small effort to bring attention to the cause, I’d like to share with you my own story.
When I was twelve, my mother . . .
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October 06, 2008 06:39 AM EDT --
In the same way that women don't want men to advise them on feminine hygiene products, women don't want a man's advice on how to lose weight. Weight is an extremely sensitive . . .
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October 02, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
There's nothing more satisfying than getting stuff done. I know all the wise people say that it's more important to just enjoy the journey, but I'm not so sure about that . . .
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October 01, 2008 11:09 PM EDT --
When I awoke this morning, my husband sleepily turned to me and asked me what was wrong. I was just about to deny that anything was wrong, but laughed instead and told him that there . . .
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September 30, 2008 06:47 AM EDT --
When we think of the universal symbol for ‘love’ most of us envision the shape of a heart. (Sometimes I wonder why we’ve chosen to call that particular shape a ‘heart,’ when the human . . .
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September 29, 2008 10:56 AM EDT --
As my beloved and I snuggled under my favourite 'nana' blanket, watching the final football match of the season, I realised what a joy autumn is. For me, autumn means woolly . . .
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September 28, 2008 10:49 AM EDT --
The funny thing about being human is that we're always searching for something. Be it the perfect partner, a better job, a new addition to our wardrobe, or searching for the meaning . . .
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September 26, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
I have never read any of Danielle Steel's work, but as she has sold over 12 million books, I thought I'd better find out what all the fuss was about. In the past, when I heard . . .
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September 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, I shared an apartment with a couple. Which was fine, except that I always felt like a third wheel. As we were all friends, the three of us would often go out together . . .
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September 24, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
I think one of the hardest things a woman ever has to do is say goodbye to a friendship. Women thrive on the relationships they have with other women – it's through these connections . . .
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September 23, 2008 06:21 AM EDT --
They say that women are good at pouting, but I have found that it's men who are the experts. Men pout when you aren't bowled over by their skills at cleaning the bathroom (it . . .
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September 22, 2008 07:10 AM EDT --
In Paris, they know how to have a good time. They work hard, but then they rest well. For a Parisian, it's perfectly natural to spend an entire afternoon just sitting in a cafe, . . .
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