A MUST-SEE film this season is “The Theory of Everything” directed by James Marsh and written by Anthony McCarten. The cast includes: Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking. I hope that they are already planning their awards season outfits because they are sure going to need them! This is the extraordinary story… Continue reading Monday Movie: The Theory of Everything
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Should Your Birthplace Determine Your Future?
Wow, what a Silver Lining to learn about Jacob Lief and the Ubuntu Education Fund in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Their mission is “to help raise Port Elizabeth’s orphaned and vulnerable children by giving them what all children deserve—everything.” Now if this sounds a little grand, let me tell you that it’s actually not. The Ubuntu Model is a unique… Continue reading Should Your Birthplace Determine Your Future?
Alcohol Use During the Holiday Season
Recently I came across a fabulous article about alcohol use during the holiday season. It was pretty perfect timing, I have to say. As we enter the holiday season, filled with parties, bubbly and amazing food, each year I join the legions and put on a few lbs. In fact – in the spirit of… Continue reading Alcohol Use During the Holiday Season
Gift Ideas: Brass Desk Accessories
Gift Ideas: Brass Desk Accessories Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been infatuated by anything and everything related to offices, from bookshelves to accessories. When I was a little girl, I remember going with my dad and sister to his office on Sunday mornings and being in heaven sitting at his… Continue reading Gift Ideas: Brass Desk Accessories
All in a Word
Love love love this inspiring peace by Aileen Fisher! It is the most perfect and beautiful reminder of giving T.H.A.N.K.S. this holiday weekend!
Tips for Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner
Dinner parties have a tendency to give me the heebie-jeebies, no matter how few people we have or how many. Now the Silver Lining of this angst is that this is definitely a first world problem. I mean, really. Sometimes when I get myself all worked up, I tell myself to look in the mirror and… Continue reading Tips for Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner
What Food Banks Need
On Thursday, the three of us (the HOTY, Excitedly Eight and I) are going to serve Thanksgiving Dinner at a homeless shelter in Santa Barbara. Now that Excitedly Eight is old enough, it is a tradition that we are going to begin not only annually, but monthly. I’m a huge believer in cultivating a philanthropic heart,… Continue reading What Food Banks Need
Breast Cancer Tattoo Removal
One of the constant reminders of my experience with FBC (f-bomb breast cancer) is my tattoos from radiation. Now, granted they are small, the size of pen dots. Most people wouldn’t even notice them. The people who would and do are the people who have had them. You know who you are, unfortunately. I have… Continue reading Breast Cancer Tattoo Removal
Gift Ideas Don’t Have to be a Puzzle
When Christian Lacroix designs a jigsaw puzzle, you acquire it. It doesn’t matter if you have barefoot tots running around the house or not. You buy it. End. Of. Story. I plan to put it to good use for many years to come. This two-sized tabletop activity is adorned with gold and silver foil accents… Continue reading Gift Ideas Don’t Have to be a Puzzle
Words To Use More
This weekend, our daughter a/k/a Excitedly Eight and I were doing word games. One of the games was called “tricky words to spell”. She wasn’t crazy about that – felt a little too assigned – but when I asked her to make up and then write stories using the words, well, THEN we were on to… Continue reading Words To Use More