How to Organize a Beverage Station

Weight-loss and healthy-living articles all tout the benefits of getting enough liquid and how most people donā€™t get enough water.Ā  That is not my story.Ā  I love beverages. My day starts with a glass of water with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of sea salt. I love that drink. Closely following, is my […]

My So-Called Beauty Routine

This is the third blog post Iā€™ve started for this week.  Everything I have wanted to write about keeps bogging me down and feels too weighty for this place and this time.  I really want to write about something a little more substantial than our good weather, but it keeps coming back to that. With […]

Spring has Sprung

There is a very good reason why I moved to a place that has hellaciously hot summers.Ā  It is for the short winters, of course.Ā  We in Arizona are rewarded with falls that are more like what I call summer-lite ā€“ hot days and cool nights.Ā  Spring generally starts early here and I can generally […]

Is Valentine’s Day Child’s Play?

Isnā€™t what makes romantic love special the fact that it’s exclusionary?Ā  Itā€™s different from familial or friendship love because you love that one person differently from all others and it is conditional rather than unconditional.Ā  So how in the world did Valentineā€™s Day become a day when little children send cards to every other child […]

Do the Math

I absolutely love math. Ā That is either a crazy affirmation statement that makes me hope someday I will supernaturally be good at it or itā€™s the biggest lie Iā€™ve ever told. Ā I donā€™t love math, but I love the ideaĀ of math. Ā Iā€™ve seen movies about math. Ā A Beautiful Mind, Enigma, The Theory of Everything, Hidden […]