Friends Poppins friends are godsends blown in by the wind, just when the time is right. Without any rhyme or reason, they work their particular bit of wit and magic with spoonfuls of sugar, to help the medicine go down. They sail in like...

I've seen this going around the blogosphere and thought I'd give it a whirl. The following is a list of ten things about myself, one of which happens to be fiction. See if you can guess which one is stretching the truth, but only a tad. Now, no fair...

I am writing to you from Aspen, where I am preparing for the long anticipated Mr. Toast's first annual Christmas Tea. I have decided to go with the "Anna Karenina" look this year, since I am all about simple wintry Russian elegance. Thankfully, I am...

I've been making rather merry. My week was full of festivities with the kids home. At the top of the list was the traditional Scott's Antique Show. My daughter found several fabulous treasures. I came home empty handed, which is not a bad thing, since...

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes...