When was the last time you were so excited about something, you told the whole world a little prematurely? That was me, three weeks ago when I announced Wellness. Balanced. The pilot program I offered you in my blog. I was a little hasty when I spelled it all out. Even though I took out […]

When I opened the door, she greeted me with “Do you want to know what happened to me today?” I was too polite to say no, and her tone suggested it didn’t really matter anyway. She was determined to tell me: “I got up early – it was still dark and I looked out the […]

In “Big Magic,” Elizabeth Gilbert challenges you to do whatever you do because you like it, as opposed to believing you’re going to change the world: “Your own reasons to create are reason enough. Merely by pursuing what you love, you may inadvertently end up helping us plenty…Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” […]

Vacation. That’s where I am. On vacation. In the Northwoods. Thirteen dirt miles away from the nearest town on an island in the middle of Lake Michigan. My father-in-law has been coming to Beaver Island for one hundred years. Literally. He’s 102 and his first stay here was when he was two years old. No […]

I saw the car parked at the end of my driveway before I heard the doorbell ring. It was my neighbor, from across the street, simply passing along some neighborly information. She made a comment about just backing into my driveway since she was headed out anyway. As I watched her walk back to her […]