Today I am going to try to lead by example. That’s pretty funny as I am neither a leader nor a good example setter, but as the hero of...

Warning: I might get a little sentimental today. This is the 20th anniversary of my, well, really our, weekly column. In addition to...

On a recent Saturday morning bike ride with friends, the subject of what we were each going to do the rest of the day came up. One friend...

After “I need your help,” my good friend Susan texted from the Denver airport. She was dashing off to visit her son in Los Angeles. He...

In my finger-wagging moments, when I am (I hope kindly) chiding folks for buying too much stuff and not getting rid of enough, when I am...

I know we’re not supposed to care, but don’t we all kind of want to know what’s going on in other people’s houses? As least décor-wise?...

At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news:...

Walking into Breeze Inn or Ebbtide, two vacation rental cottages on Georgia’s Tybee Island, is like stepping into one of Mary Kay...

Every home has one. Many have several. You touch it every day. (Some people should touch it more.) It promotes hygiene and hydration. Yet...

A New Year brings a clean slate, a fresh start, and a sobering perspective: The gluttony has ended. The blooms are off the poinsettias....