Globein: A unique box, filled with handcrafted goodies. It markets itself as a “fair trade” company, which is a good thing. The box is...

Meal plan boxes are all the rage: Home Chef, Dinnerly, Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Plated, and likely a dozen or so more. I haven’t tried...

I tried three clothes subscriptions, LeTote, StitchFix, and Wantable. Clothes boxes are a little trickier to navigate than make-up. Like...

As the world becomes more dangerous—at least in the US—I find myself drawn to the concept of boxing it. Go online, pick a thing, have it...

My Definition of Music mu·sic noun, often attributive \ˈmyü-zik 1. The sound made by air moving through an instrument or by one object...

As Mother’s Day just passed and Father’s Day is around the corner, a running theme haunts my thoughts. These commercial, man-made days...

A lot of my readers, probably all of you, know that this author loves haircut day. Have you ever wondered why? It is because getting a...

Laying on firm ground Raining past a cloudless sky Thoughts pierce through thin air

What is love if not a poem No fear shows up in a poem Though there is boundless fear in love Courage in love Healing in love A mark Typed...

this loft this place where love waited to fill its vast space with us where closets filled over spilled with us this place where love...

Today is my birthday. I've decided that for the next few years, I'm going to reverse the numbers of my age. So today, I've turned 16...

Grabbed by the… …country. In some alternative universe, Somewhere far away, safe, left behind by some mordant twist of fate Reason sits:...

I had a dream about sand Tiny grains of glass Millions lay glittering Warming in stunning sunlight I had a dream about wild things Half...

When I was a kid, I despised Fridays. Friday meant tuna fish sandwiches for supper because for some strange reason, prior to Vatican II,...

The radio on my truck is typically tuned to FM2 94.3 where I can listen to a pre-recorded program every morning on my way to work. There...

For Jassy Bring a Big Boulder Bring a big boulder to bear Round the curves and swerves Up the breakneck bluffs Down into lowly swales To...

Fact checking the man in the White House: misleading and false. He made one false claim every two minutes. And America tuned in, at least...

I tried hard to capture a moment for you way up in the sky where the morning moon hung in half against a blue, blue sky. Careful on icy...

A Zamboni is typically known as the machine that cleans the ice at hockey games or ice skating competitions. My Zamboni (Z for short) is...

First posted YEARS ago... still relevant Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always....