I tend to be wary of self-help books because so many of them seem to be filled with simple common sense and lots of blah blah blah. So when I received a copy of The Nine Rooms of Happiness, I started reading it only because it was written by Lucy Danziger (editor of SELF magazine) and Catherine Birndorf, M.D….
As you may remember from our Resolutions theme, Resolution #1 was to pay it forward. After reading Cami Walker’s life-changing book, 29 Gifts, I — along with a number of you — am starting the 29 Day Giving Challenge on March 1, and will be giving a gift a day for 29 days. I am so…
Consider It Done now holds a prominent place on my shelf of go-to resources, so next time I need tickets to a sold-out event or to get the best seats on an airplane, I’ll know exactly where to turn. Just reading that author Julie Subotky was able to sneak an elephant into a public park…
Like many teenage girls, I used to write poetry. My poems (a term I am using very loosely, having just cringed my way through notebooks of them, which I discovered while cleaning out my closet) are mostly about love — of course. But because I grew up in the early ‘70’s, there are also a…
I spend most of the day sitting. I sit in my kitchen chair, writing, or I sit on the couch or in theaters, watching movies and DVDs to review for NickJr.com. All of this sitting — while often, admittedly, comfortable — has not done any good for my backside which seems to be expanding to…
