Life’s too short to wear beige panties…

SIMPLY CELEBRATE NEWSLETTER    JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 If you know me at all, you've heard me say — maybe ad nauseam — "there is so much more to Simply Celebrate than oom-pah-pah and party pinatas; it's about a deeper, more...

Life’s too short to wear beige panties…

SIMPLY CELEBRATE NEWSLETTER    JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 If you know me at all, you’ve heard me say — maybe ad nauseam — “there is so much more to Simply Celebrate than oom-pah-pah and party pinatas; it’s about a deeper, more radical, unexpected...

All that glitters…

Confession: I haven't yet taken down my Christmas tree. (Thank goodness it's artificial!) I like it. I like the little lights. I like the holiday glow. And I really like that every ornament on the tree connects to some piece of family history or a special...

2013: Sending you a great big YES

Hi. Welcome to 2013. I'm sitting in the quiet kitchen at my mom's house in a tiny town in Ohio. There's a pair of blue jays clamoring for bread outside the window and a small brown wren just landed on our snowman's twiggy arm. (I'm surprised she...