In her garden, any woman can be a goddess! Whether she has a pot of herbs on her kitchen windowsill,...
Advertising copywriters know the power of magical thinking. It drives sales! Why else would you buy a pair of overpriced...
At seven a.m. this morning, I switched on my computer to read my email. I checked my bank balance, and shot an e-card off to a friend whose birthday I’d nearly forgotten. (An e-card service to which I subscribe reminded me. Whew!) Then I trotted out the door for my...
January. Dark days and long nights. Branches, black against a frozen sky. The swirl of snowflakes on bitter wind. The...
The writer of one of my favorite love poems, A Birthday, was Christina Rossetti ~ a Victorian spinster. What was...
St. Patrick’s Day is coming! Store windows are going green, and it’s not about the environment. Cardboard shamrocks hang in stationery shop windows; florists offer pots of shamrocks and green tinted carnation bouquets. We hunt for something green to wear. Classic movie channels recycle old Irish-themed favorites: The Quiet Man,...