I just launched a new website called a blissful interlude .  In addition to some personal musings on finding those blissful moments in life,...

Downsizing has its pros and cons.  Over the past six months I’ve gone from living in an overly abundant 3,500 square feet,  to a moderate 1...

During the workweek, whenever I come home after work, I promptly remove my shoes, hang my purse on the closet handle and drop down my work ...

After listening to Ambrosia’s “Biggest Part of Me” on XM’s ‘70s channel yesterday I realized how I own nary a single album of theirs.  (An...

I came home late last night to a mailbox full of  thick, glossy "September issues" and it was as if someone had given me a thick...

Miley Cyrus’s new single “We Can’t Stop” is carefree, sassy, and fun.   When paired with the accompanying video, however, the song becomes ...

I learned this week that cleaning my house on a weeknight is not only oddly rejuvinating, but it frees the weekends up for more fun things....

Now that the dust has settled after reading Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now , I thought I’d do a little follow-up post.   It is only n...

Despite the narrow aisles and low ceilings, constructed for a time of skinnier people and skinnier carts, Kmart feels simultaneously spaciou...

Why I've only gotten into the Dexter series now that it is in its final season is beyond me, but in picking Season 7 up (via Netflix) m...

I have been feeling overwhelmed by too much information lately. Not in the “I’m-all-offended-because you’re-telling-me-too-much-information”...

At my job, “Lessons Learned” are what we assess, discuss, and analyze at the end of a project. By looking at a completed project as somethin...

I love a good weekend spent in the nest, where I can get caught up on housework, dig out the clutter in my closets, and experiment with new ...

Since reading this compelling piece on the Bird-Hand relationship analogy, the premise being that in every relationship, one person is the ...

When I was little I was obsessed with swimming, and every opportunity I got I wanted to be in the water.   Because of this, every body of wa...

When I first heard the term Secret Single Behavior (SSB) on Sex and the City , it made me feel a little more normal in relishing in the hab...

There used to be a time when I dreaded Sundays, when the somber cloud loomed over my head telling me that Monday was fast approaching, when ...

For me, 2012 marked a year of cutting back on the list-making, particularly after realizing that my to-do lists led to more stress than feel...

It is fall here in Maine, and I spent a dreary Sunday nesting as I often do on days like these.   The world outside my window. This gen...