Yesterday was an exciting day–our new dining room furniture arrived.  It’s beautiful, and we quickly figured out how we wanted to lay it out and started dreaming about Thanksgiving dinner.  But then we opened the doors of our new sideboard. Pee-yew!  The “new furniture smell” inside the sideboard’s drawers and cabinets is significant.  And it’s…

I came across this book by Brook Noel, “Good Morning: 365 Positive Ways to Start Your Day.”  In her introduction, she writes these uplifting words: “Something great happens each and every day.  And because I am aware, I never miss it.  Sometimes it is major–for example, a new business deal or an unexpected opportunity.  Sometimes…

You may have read or heard about (or maybe you saw it live) the on-camera accident last week in which “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien suffered a mild concussion.  He had to stop taping the show, then he was taken to the hospital for observation after slipping on the floor while taping a scene with…

If you’re a tea drinker like me, you’ll feel your spirits lift when you read this quote from Catherine Douzel: “Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.”  The meaning deepens further when you type Catherine Douzel’s name into search engines and discover that despite her having this quote widely attributed to her, no one…

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