Oct 18, 2009 | Beauty + Joy
Last week I attended an event called, Behind the Emerald Curtain, which is a behind-the scenes look at the making of the musical, Wicked. Whether or not you are a fan of Broadway musicals in general or Wicked in particular, what I want to...Oct 1, 2009 | Beauty + Joy, Celebrating in the Dark
I read this contribution by Wes Haley in Leah Garchik’s Chronicle column recently: A Redding newspaper obit for an elderly woman advised, “In lieu of flowers or charity donations, please take a friend out for a piece of pie.”...Sep 28, 2009 | Beauty + Joy
I was recently the lucky winner of Happier.com’s “Happiest Moment” photo contest. The winning pic is the one of my son, above. (The other pic is me with my “winning photo” mug! Here’s what the moment was for me:...Sep 20, 2009 | Beauty + Joy
Today’s post is offered in appreciation and honor of Timothy Lowe, a reader from New Jersey. Timothy created a special celebration for September 20 that I want to share with you in his own words (see below). I’d love to hear from other readers who have...Sep 16, 2009 | Beauty + Joy
Last weekend my business partner, Tricia, and I spent three days at a business workshop. We were in a hotel meeting room, seated at tables, for twelve hours a day — except for meal breaks. And amazingly, we didn’t get tired. We didn’t get...Sep 10, 2009 | Beauty + Joy
Wheeeee! Just launched a completely new section of the Simply Celebrate website’s Vitality Salon. It’s called Come to Your Senses and is full of things to do, listen to, watch, and read, that act as a “Chinese Menu of Delights” to help...