When we purchased this home, we had to hodgepodge a table together – a medium oval plus a six-foot folded table and a side table or two, but as long as that table was full, it didn’t matter. Every year, the holidays are a sometimes-cutting reminder of the chairs that...
The most difficult conversations and decisions often turn out to be the ones that ease the burdens for the ones we love the most – and for ourselves. That includes advance planning, putting end-of-life directives in place. “Getting our affairs in order.” It eliminates...
Our world is loud with judgment about things. Don’t clutter your space. Downsize your possessions. Give, donate, share. Clean lines and minimalist style. Empty the closets. Free yourself. Recently, I have had two conversations that have given me pause about why...
My mom. Every day, as I work, I find my way into my photos that flood me with memories. I scroll fast through pictures of her smiling or making faces, cringing at me for taking another picture. I reflect on what she was thinking of herself in the selfies. I consider...
It’s kind of become a dirty word, RESOLUTION. “New Year, New You” has become overused and trite. Am I right? We should want to be kinder, gentler, healthier, every day, I suppose, but it’s not even that. It’s the simple fact that there is too much pressure, too much...
Are your photos museum-worthy? I was recently approached to help with a really exciting project – a digital museum! And that got me thinking, as requests usually do. What would YOU put in your museum? Are there things in your museum that should become public? For...
