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Winter Morning Poem by Ogden Nash Winter is the king of showmen Turning tree stumps into snow men And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes Smooth and clean and frosty white The world looks good enough to bite That’s the season to be young Catching snowflakes on your tongue Snow is snowy…

By Michael Kress Lorenzo retired. He was my barber. This is not another story about big chains squeezing out the little guy, nor is it a lament for the only person who could do justice to my hair; his shop remains open, run by others, and virtually anyone can give me my standard, conservative men’s…

“A snowflake is one of God’s most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!”  ~Author Unknown Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!  

When author Courtney Martin got a six-figure book advance, she decided to share the wealth. In addition to donating to established non-profits, she started giving $100 chunks to friends and asking them to donate it however they wanted. So cool! This is all in an article in today’s New York Times on Martin’s resulting “Secret Society…

Oranges are healthy, sweet, and in season. But do you know your navel from your Cara Cara? Presenting the Fresh Living Guide to Oranges.

There’s a great line in the movie “Me, Myself, and Irene” when Jim Carrey deadpans, “Just because I rock doesn’t mean I’m made of stone.”  That’s the mindset I’m bringing to my day this morning–there are some things I do really well.  In fact, I rock!  But lest I expect myself to rock at everything,…

Among my many inner selves, I am home to a little dominatrix she-devil with a small, sharp whip. Lets call her the Blame-inatrix. She’s often surprisingly subtle, sometimes coming out as a feeling I manage to contain, or in comments or gestures most people don’t detect. Other times, though, I don’t even see Blamey until she’s cracked the whip right across a…

More than 3/4 of the American population might be vitamin D deficient. So for those of us on supplements, how much should we take?

“There is nothing that you need so badly that you have to turn away from love to get it.”        — Alan Cohen   Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

I am grateful that I have a job that lets me write about gratitude. Wanted to share this gallery I put together about things to be grateful for right now. Studies galore show that people who are grateful–a.k.a. appreciate what they have more than they crave what they don’t have–tend to be happier and healthier on…
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