Happy #MakingLifeBeautiful Day!

Happy #MakingLifeBeautiful Day!

You can find a hashtag holiday for almost any occasion, but I think my favorite might be today. Happy #MakingLifeBeautiful Day, designed to celebrate anyone who makes life beautiful. That, my friends, means you. Happy #MakingLifeBeautiful Day to my friend Rose, who rescued a turtle and sat still enough to handfeed some hummingbirds, all on [...]

Playing footsie with Connie the Cookie Lady

Playing footsie with Connie the Cookie Lady

My friend Connie the Cookie Lady announced her retirement a few months ago. "I'm not knitting any more Christmas stockings," she said quite decisively as she sat on her front porch, a spry 94-year old surveying the neighborhood from her lawn chair throne. "Makes sense to me," I replied. "You've knitted 1,352 more than I [...]

Five life lessons from the Cookie Lady (on the occasion of her 91st birthday)

Five life lessons from the Cookie Lady (on the occasion of her 91st birthday)

Want to sashay into your 92nd second year with a twinkle in your eye? Then, you have to live like the Cookie Lady. Are you up to the challenge? First, you'll need to get your priorities in order -- God first, family second and, if you have those two, who cares what else you have [...]