“We must measure our lives in terms of what gives us joy. When we do that, we build up happiness in our lives out of what we do. Then, with the advance of our years we can say, as did Julia Ward Howe, when asked it if wasn’t harder to grow old. ‘No,...
Here we are again at the start of a new year & it’s time for resolutions! Life gets so hectic during the holidays & it’s easy to forget about the meaningful things you have right in front of you. One thing I thought about during the holidays was...
In that sublime season after the kids are out of school and before the full heat of summer descends, life seems to move in one direction outdoors. More than just a change of environment, this is a time to savor the pleasures of life: relationships with family and...
No other party time of all the year holds quite the possibilities of Halloween. It is “fun time” pure and simple. Decorations and games, weird and ghostly, and refreshments of an informal nature are a matter of tradition. Unexpected surprises always add to...
Nothing in the world has ever been beautiful merely on the surface. Beautiful women hold their preeminence through a single unchanging possession an inexhaustible, rich store of vitality. * * * This sentence of Mary Brooks Picken’s is very special to me. Because...