I am the self-professed queen of mindless quotes and useless information. My favorites most likely came from Facebook or off a T-shirt at the beach, but have enough merit for me to catalog them in the queue of my brain. One such standard, which sticks out in my mind as we move from 2020 on t…

With Christmas behind us and New Year's Day ahead, one must wonder what, if anything, positive actually happened in 2020. Everyone has a story to tell and this year is no exception. The problem is, this year fewer stories have happy endings and life, in no way, resembles a Hallmark movie. Do…

Christmas has always been a special time for me. I've always loved everything about the season.

The news on COVID-19 continues to be grim. Last week I lost a childhood friend. This week, I was with my mother when her best friend since 1942 passed away. It is devastating and no one is left unscathed. Many, however, go on as if COVID-19 doesn’t exist while others are terrified of what it…

The winter doldrums have set in and, in my effort to find a little comfort, I had rather do nothing more than sit in my bathrobe watching the Hallmark channel while curled up on my secondhand couch with a bit of comfort food. Nothing is better on a cold winter’s night.

The first time it happened was on aisle three at a toy store in a neighboring town almost 26 years ago. I reasoned that my baby needed it more than her baby did, and so I began a tug-of-war with a grandma twice my age over an Excersaucer.

In my “real” job, I travel a great deal ... or I did pre-pandemic. I often took that opportunity to play audio books and podcasts, but I will admit to being a cheapskate and only logging onto the freebies.

Some days it’s easy to wonder what, if anything, there is to be thankful for this holiday season. Masks, germs, quarantine and virtual work are enough to turn anyone’s thoughts to memories of Thanksgivings past. Looking at the big picture, one must ask, how do you social distance during the …

A citizen is defined as a person who, by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or naturalization is granted full rights and responsibilities as a member of a nation.

As I sit here in the middle of the night going over my schedule for the week, I see that I have once again overcommitted. I am tired. I am irritable. And I am in a word .... done!

I have been told that on my first real trick-or-treat Halloween, my mother practiced with me for days. She would put me outside the door, have me knock and when she opened the door I was to say “trick or treat.”

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but, despite four separate trips, he never set foot in North America. The first recorded Columbus Day celebration held in the United States was in New York on Oct. 12, 1792, to honor Italian-American heritage. In 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt procla…

Past, present and future

Food has always been a very important part of my life. To this day, I equate meals to special times.

Are you happy?