101 Ways to Wow! Our World is available everywhere! Whoo-hoo! See below for a partial list and links. Check your favorite bookseller...

In scary times, it’s a natural reaction to withdraw, keep quiet, and protect ourselves until the scary parts go away. And that’s exactly...

Some things just take time. You can’t rush it, you can’t take shortcuts. And that’s the time to settle in and enjoy the process of...

Reflection The first week of May we headed out to the Los Padres National Forest to drive the recently reopened Figueroa Mountain Loop,...

Love this image and text! Source unknown, but so grateful to whoever created it! Women… Remember who you are and how far you’ve come,...

Kindness Surge According to Goodgoodgood.co , in mid-February internet searches for books about kindness soared! It appears that, at a...

It’s National Handwriting Day! Below, you’ll find one of over 300 published articles from my archive for your reading pleasure. Want...

These are challenging times and we’ve heard that before. It’s inconceivable to think that a convicted felon, abuser, chronic liar, and...

It’s World Kindness Day! Let’s go out of our way to be kind. Kindness is contagious. “How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment...

Like many of you, I’m still reeling from the election results. So let me share some thoughts that I hope you will find encouraging. But...

I suppose I should have posted this in March, since it’s about luck. But it seems more appropriate now since the event mentioned happened...

Today, October 11, is the International Day of the Girl Child sponsored by the United Nations and celebrated around the world. What can...

I lived on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai when Hurricane Iniki hit on September 11, 1992 — yes, 9-1-1 and 9/11. It started as a Category 5,...

SOME NUMBERS 1.1 Trillion That’s dollars! According to new data released in March 2024, the arts and cultural industries contributed $1.1...

8 ways to celebrate women and girls every day Actively show your SUPPORT with words and behavior that say 'you matter. EMPOWER with...

“Something written by hand brings a singular human presence that the typewriter or the computer cannot confer.” -Anna Quindlen (author,...

I'm sharing a piece I wrote a while ago and have published before. It speaks to the magic and opportunity of the season, regardless of...

Lots of traditions are celebrated this time of year and, to me, that’s the key word: Celebrate! Because there is always reason to...

World Kindness Day! Imagine a world where rampant criticism is replaced with curiosity, where disrespect is rare and appreciation is...