Thoughts from my 55th Birthday

  I just celebrated my “double nickels” birthday this week. (55!) I have two traditions for my birthday that happen every year. One is my Birthday Kindness Project, in which I write love letters to strangers — as many letters as how old I am. The...

Give yourself a standing ovation. 👏

  Happy Saturday!  Some of you may be participating in Operation Love, a mission of Secret Agents of Change. (If so, you will recognize poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer in the pic up above!) Rosemerry and I are hosting a delightful 7-Day Challenge that is easy...
A l’il weekend zest…

A l’il weekend zest…

I hope you’re having a wonderful week. Are you winding down your summer? Or is still in full throttle? Sending you wishes for a weekend full of ease and playful interactions. May you laugh a lot. May you watch a sunset. May you walk barefoot in the grass. May...
Give a flower — get some joy!

Give a flower — get some joy!

  This lovely couple, Doris and Gary, were just two of the many wonderful people I met while at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Roseville on Saturday. I decided to take a page from my book, “Say it Now,” and give flowers away. (In the book, I encourage people...
Birthday Kindness Project: Permission Letters

55-55-55 Birthday Kindness Project

    It’s that time of year again! My 55-55-55 Birthday Kindness Projects kicked off on Friday. Every year for the past seven years, I have been sending letters of love and kindness to strangers as a way of celebrating my birthday. The first year I did...