In the past few days, we’ve had at least five significant earthquakes, two of which were greater than a 6 on the Richter scale (as denoted by stars in this screen shot). People are freaked out. Schools were closed today, and after the second one (6.6 centered near Granada), the government ordered all businesses to […]
Archives for April 2014
Must-Have Friendships
There’s an article about friendships that has made its round on the web for the past few years, entitled Five Friends Every Woman Should Have. It’s written by Michelle Burford, of O, The Oprah Magazine, and begins with this commentary: “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves,” writer Edna Buchanan once said. I consider […]
Favorite Family Games
I know we’re all glued to our screens, but what do you do when you want to unplug and connect with your family (or when you live in a location where the power goes out quite frequently and you actually have nothing left to do but talk to each other… doh!)? We’ve come a long […]
Hela and You
So I really enjoy being in a book club. Not because we have amazing conversations (even though we often do) and not because these groups are filled with fabulous friends (even though we typically become just that). The reason why these groups are so amazing has everything to do with the types of books we […]