I love parties.  Everything about them.  The planning, the decorating,selecting the music, the menu-making, the invitation—-which is the first phase of setting the stage.  I really get into it. 

One year, I had a brunch.  For the invitation, I used those bacon boxes with the front flap that let’s you peek at the … read more »

No.

That’s the short but definitive answer. 

Sometimes we get that confused. 

 ”Put the oxygen mask over our own noses first”—every time we fly, we are reminded.  I have never known anyone to argue with THAT concept of taking care of yourself first, so you can be clear headed enough to then focus on and … read more »

When we think of February, we always think of love and he-ing and she-ing….and maybe a President or two, too.  But, mostly, its romance and valentines and sweetheart dances and, chocolate, of course.  Then, there’s flowers, mushy cards, maybe even some jewelry and…. more chocolate.

We can’t help sailing back through … read more »

My mother was known for her easy-going, mild mannered disposition, except when it came to one thing.   Thank-you notes.

Then, she became Atilla the Hun, or one of those nuns, raising a ruler overhead to deliver the sharp whack on the knuckles.  Ferocious. Militant. The rule was—-a note went out (correct grammar and spelling, … read more »

PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHERE YOU’RE FROM

THEY’LL FORGET WHAT YOU SAY

THEY’LL FORGET THOSE GLOWING PARTS, OF YOUR STUNNING RESUME

but they will always, always remember…….

HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL……… ON ANY GIVEN DAY

Maya Angelou