Sweet Simplicity

As I sit at my computer, rereading past blog posts and pondering the upcoming summer season, I am reminded of how very different the world is now from any other time in my life. For me, summer usually includes the promise of warm weather, fresh produce, beach...

As I write this column, I am in the second month of the COVID-19-induced shelter in place. In some ways, this virus has imposed simple living on many of us whether we wanted to simplify things or not. My May calendar — which is usually chock-full of youth baseball...

When I started drafting this month’s column, the virus that has now become a household word was still just a news headline — one that I was paying close attention to but not something that I honestly expected to completely change our lives and routines in truly...

Is there anything better than coming home to a clean house? I honestly can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see (and smell) my house in the immediate moments after I have cleaned it from top to bottom. It has become an increasingly rare occurrence in recent years,...

Confession: February is probably my least favorite month of the year. The holidays are over, my pants are too tight from holiday indulging, my wallet is at an all-time low and the weather outside is less than ideal. I ride the struggle bus this month, to be sure, and...

The start of a new year and a new decade is here and like many of you, I am already feeling the inevitable resolve to take the turn of the calendar into a chance for new beginnings and fresh starts. Even as I was in the midst of my December holiday preparations, I was...

’Tis the season to be, well, hopefully festive and jolly fits in here but for many of us, it also means the season to be stressed, maxed out financially and depressed. While it is my favorite time of year to be sure, I am also filled with a ton of stress, my blood...

I don’t know about you, but the fall season so far has been a rough one. Between having a busy schedule, not a ton of down time and a few illnesses and injuries mixed in, it has been a bit of a whirlwind. This weekend, I made myself get up extra early so I could have...

Raise your hand if you spend way too much time on your phone, iPad or computer? The other night, I was out to dinner at a restaurant with my son and I noticed that every table around us either had phones sitting in plain sight on their table or the guests were all...

This summer went by so quickly I think if I blinked, I might’ve missed it! While we are embarking on my favorite series of seasons and the beloved (or dreaded depending on your perspective) “Hallowthankmas” series of holidays, September and the months to follow...