Jan 28, 2013 | Beauty + Joy
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...
Jan 1, 2013 | Beauty + Joy
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...
Dec 21, 2012 | Beauty + Joy
I'm creating a "no-need-to-do" list that includes these things: *No need to make anything look perfect: Banish Norman Rockwell and bask in my own norm. * No need to stop taking care of myself during the holidays: the more I take care of this body, the...
Dec 19, 2012 | Beauty + Joy
Last October when life gave me the idea for my 48-48-48 Kindness Project, I got to meet a wonderful woman, Laura Shovan, who requested an act of kindness for her daughter. I was happy to oblige. And then — surprise!— I received a...
Nov 13, 2012 | Beauty + Joy
1. Play dead I know this may feel counterintuitive, but the first way I practice joy is to remind myself every morning that I am going to die and everyone I love will die. When I consciously remember that my days are limited and that at any moment I could lose someone...
Nov 8, 2012 | Beauty + Joy
Hi. I love this short bit of philosophy from Kurt Vonnegut. I try to pay attention and voice when life is good. But this is advice I would love to heed even more in life! How 'bout you? "And now I want to tell you about my late Uncle Alex. He was my...
