Shopping: a dirty word?

From Goodwill to Whole Foods

by Melissa D. Calder
The Winter Holidays are wrapping up – a time of love, family, religion, and … shopping! Did I mention that I love shopping? Some questions flow with this admission of guilt. Does that mean I am a bad person? Can shopping prolong my life? Well … I [...]

Pour Some Sparkling In Your Glass

Pam J. Bernd
What a better way to ring in the New Year then with a bottle of sparkling wine. The hard question is what kind to choose. Sparkling wine can be a little confusing so here is a little breakdown.
The most popular is Champagne. A little thing to remember is Champagne is a sparkling [...]

Don’t Be So Sure You Like What You Like and Know What You Don’t

By Mike McGovern
Radiohead. Ryan Adams. Fleet Foxes. Counting Crows—all examples of first-rate music acts, right? Of course they are, except that in my ignorance I had either
A) Written them off (Radiohead, Counting Crows) or
B) Didn’t know who they were (Adams, Fleet Foxes).
Photo courtesy of Pete Rahn

It wasn’t until about 5 years ago, around the time [...]

12.19.09

Did you know that Lake Tahoe in the state of Nevada never freezes because it is over 2000 feet deep.
It is the third deepest lake in the world!

Jealous Over The Thought Of Retirement

The Commuter
By Cynna Woo
Seven A.M. and it’s nice and bright for my return trip to New Jersey. Last week at this time, it was dark and gloomy. The trees are more yellow than green and I feel upbeat about the day and the week ahead. Thank goodness for daylight savings.
I’m thinking about my sis-in-law, home [...]

The Smell of Christmas Cookies

Brings It All Back
By Gayle Calder
Christmas memories … the smell of pine and cookies baking, people laughing around the table, the lights shining on the Christmas tree …

One of my earliest Christmas memories is of strolling down 5th Avenue in New York City with my mother. The store windows had beautifully dressed mechanical figures [...]

The Secret Of Life

By Robert J. Ottaviani
It can be a life long endeavor. It can be something that you put on the shelf to get to later. It can be evasive and elusive. It doesn’t often present itself outwardly and when it does you may not recognize it. It is available to most everyone and yet so few [...]

Jump The Fence To See If The Grass Is Greener

People who are afraid of change try to discourage others from changing by explaining that the grass is not greener; it’s the same dull grass. I don’t want to live my life trusting that all the grass in the world is the same color. I want to experience it myself.

A Secret Worth Stealing

By Jim Calder
If this headline caught your attention, that is because it should. We all love secrets, whether it is the alleged affairs of a professional golfer, a secret stock tip, or career advice. It is safe to say that most of us want to advance in life. But there comes a point where we [...]

Visualize The End To Help You Begin

By Greg Albert
Nearly three years ago, I knew that I needed to set a fitness goal. I was about to start law school in a new state where I didn’t know anybody. And it would be really easy for me to allow the stress of classes, homework and tests to kill my fitness regimen. I [...]

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