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Be the Wise Mom

Be the Wise Mom

It probably won’t be the best Mother’s Day you’ve ever had, and that may be stressing you or your family. That’s why you need to be the Wise Mom.

When “Normal” is Scary

When “Normal” is Scary

What’s next? Can we prepare for life post isolation? How do we get back to normal life? The one-question pop quiz is all over Facebook. “If you were allowed to go to a restaurant/have hair salon/beauty parlor next week, would you?” Another version, put to 

HaT Chats and an Intellectual Salon

HaT Chats and an Intellectual Salon

Another fun cocktail chat! Thank you to those who were able to join in on Sunday. The fun group included Marla, Jan, Alice, Jeanne, Kathy, Gloria, Rochelle, Peggy, Lori, and of course Barb and yours truly. (We missed you Jane, Cathy, Denise, Karen, and Virginia) 

Intelligent Conversations

Intelligent Conversations

I’ve been in love with the idea of social salons for years. Not hair salons. The social salons like those hosted by the legendary Gertrude Stein in early 1900’s Paris. Every Saturday the likes of Picasso, Hemmingway, and Fitzgerald gathered at Stein’s apartment at 27 

We Are the Story Keepers

We Are the Story Keepers

I Am A Story Keeper and I Share the Stories Largely, this is a role I stepped into by choice. I am my dad’s youngest by far, having three older half-siblings, and as the baby sister (by 16 years and more) I was privy to 

100% Togetherness

100% Togetherness

When I quit my 8-5 professional life, it took me a couple of years to settle into a new routine. After a lifetime of living according to a typical, working-life schedule, it was more difficult than I thought to readjust to the “whatever I wanted”