Celebrate December: Remember To Fill Your Own Tank

Gifts for others is paramount this time of year, but as I reflect upon the past twelve months, I think of those moments where I filled my own tank with gas thereupon making it far easier to be just a little kinder, a little more patient, a little bit of a better me.

To Cake or Not To Carrot Cake

But then, as I waited to pay, I came eye to eye with the Carrot Cake, the cake so beautiful, so gloriously displayed, I bought it. And, dear musers, there was no occasion, no celebration, no fanfare. It was simply a rainy Thursday in early December: a delicious and perfect day to cake.

A Thanksgiving Salute To Teachers

Today I muse joyfully that those teachers will sit down at a Thanksgiving meal knowing they are working incredibly hard, in incredibly challenging times, in moments that try the souls of even the heartiest and most learned of people.

Be Very Vogue, Now Go For a Walk in NH

In the October edition of Vogue magazine, there is an article about walking.  It’s called, “Walk This Way” – and celebrates the “basic form of exercise being lauded anew.”