Hoppiness

At a conference I attended this summer, a keynote speaker gave a talk about thankfulness. She referred to a study which found people who meditate

This year I'm participating for the first-time-ever as a seller next week on Small Business Saturday. If you haven't heard of it, this is the

I arrived home a few weeks ago from an almost-two-week vacay in Europe. Not really a vacation; as my brother would say, I took a

Where I sit typing in this busy coffee shop I watch lives briefly intersect. Coming, going, coming; humans are social creatures, but sometimes we can

We live in a global society. In fact, you're probably using a device right now whose components were manufactured in six of the seven continents

Today (for the second time in my life) I did something I never-ever-ever thought I could do. Today I ran my second half marathon.

Today I

By nature, I'm a pretty happy person. I feel really lucky for that. I don't know if it's the wiring of my brain, how I've

I don't know if you know this, but 2017 is my year.

I'm going places this year. I'm meeting new people. I'm taking chances with my

I don’t know about you, but 2016 was a rough year for me. I can’t remember any other time in my life that had so

I don't know about you, but this election season was the absolute worst. Granted, I haven't participated in too many presidential elections in my adult

If home is where the heart is,
then I've never been alone -
State by state, year by year
when love's near
my heart has

Sweet Corn Season. It's a capital-letter-phrase in our household, and it's an experience that I've been looking forward to sharing. Let me tell you the