Saturday afternoon, while my husband and I were in our backyard busying ourselves with the installation of a gazebo roof, life shifted just a smidgen and took on a luster all it's own. However, it ... READ the POST

There are few things in life which act as our personal time machine and transports us to another space, another place, the way that our sense of smell does. Even as a midlife woman, the stimulation is ... READ the POST

I awoke in a bed that was not my own. Swaddled like a human burrito in the wine-hued duvet covered in large flowers, I tossed and turned myself awake in a fog of confusion. It was the first day of ... READ the POST

The first few days of the New Year have not been too kind to me. A mere eight hours into 2017, I awoke with a fierce pain firmly nestled in my lower back. One would think the hurtful twinge received ... READ the POST

Loss. We’ve experienced so much of it in 2016. Family members, friends, co-workers, celebrities – 2016 seemed not to be kind to baby boomers. But death is a part of life. It is the inevitable final ... READ the POST