I know it’s tempting. You see those clean, uncluttered open shelves in kitchens, with their matching ceramic dishes, beautifully staged...

Last year, the Southern California News Group invited me to give a series of webinars to followers on the West Coast. Here  is the third...

First, I am sorry that last Monday no blog from me showed up in your inbox. I was going nine rounds with my blog service, which wanted...

Last year, the Southern California News Group invited me to give a series of webinars to followers on the West Coast. Here  is the second...

I have been in my humble home now 54 years and am approaching 85 years old. Hubby is 91. We have a love for gardening...

Last year, the Southern California News Group invited me to give a series of webinars. Here is the first of six.

I was honored to be a guest last week on the "Success Made to Last Podcast," with host Rick Tocquigny, who asked some seriously probing...

Although I am posting here my farewell column, which ran a few weeks ago in newspapers, for us this is not farewell

The start of a new year, as we come off a season of over consumption, is the ideal time to harness those feelings of guilty excess and...

As is my tradition, when the year comes to an end, I look back at where we’ve been, you and I, at the adventures and misadventures, and...