This is insane!

Did anyone see the article on the front page of the New York Times today about how retailers are driving customers to shop ON Thanksgiving? Enough is enough. Thanksgiving is a day to be with family and friends in a relaxed way. To enjoy one another’s company...

Monkey Mind Hates Creativity!

Today at 12n we’re hosting a virtual Happy Hour. Here on the blog and also on our Facebook Simply Celebrate page. I gotta tell you, Monkey Mind is really trying hard to zap my energy and make me feel small and UN-creative. I figured saying that might be a...

Green (And not the Eco Kind)

This morning I received an email from a girlfriend who had caught wind of the Tour de Word my writer friend Maya Stein is planning. Maya is going on the road — taking a cross-country trip to meet her Ten Line Tuesdayreaders and write/collect ten-line...

Curses Versus Gratitude.

This morning when I was driving my son to school, I was on a busy major street and someone was double-parked, causing me to have to stop and try to merge into the left lane. I had my turn signal on to indicate that I needed to move over, but car after car after car...

Keep on Aging!

Yesterday I had a great talk about the words, “anti-aging” with my friend Mary Ann Bailey. We were laughing over the term, thinking that everyone is so ga-ga over this anti-aging thing — but doesn’t that term really imply NOT aging...