It's love week and to celebrate I'm sharing three amateur thoughts about marriage. Not as an expert, but simple truths that always sustain.

My friend Barbara loves Mondays. So much she calls them "Mon-Yays." Wherever you land, here are three ideas to love Mondays a smidge more.

Winter is meant for puttering - a little of this and that. Especially perusing a few good books - here are my winter favs.

What's to love about January? Turns out there are quite a few ordinary lovely things.

Wrapping up the year with a post on Merry vs. Happy Christmas and all the ways you celebrate. Plus my dad's Puerto Rican Egg Nog recipe.

Singer Carly Simon famously said, "These are the good ole days." What if that's true? Here's an invitation to celebrate the ordinary things.

A lovely feast of my favorite stories and treats for all things Thanksgiving.

This week I came across this question: "How do you practice true Thanksgiving?" Here's my answer, but it's a good one to ask yourself too.

Sometimes it's easy to ask for what you need when it's simple stuff. Matters of the heart are a harder ask. Here's my story.

Do you ever feel like quitting? Me too. This was my "quitting day" story and the best advice for what I did next.

What do you do for no good reason? Here's the story of my mother's massive cookbook collection and why I couldn't bear to part with it.

What little fall things are you loving this season? Here are my new empty nester favs and classic fall loves.

No other season says "get reading" quite like the fall does. Of course, best said in your brightest teacher voice. Here's my favs so far.

This week marks the last fall back to school for me. Here are three things I'm doing to honor the milestone it is.

What's on your summer's end picnic menu? Food eaten in the outdoors with the people you love takes on next level greatness. Here's my menu.

If you are like me and lamenting the back-to-school ads, this post is for you. Here are my favorite summery goodies.

I always wanted to learn how to can. Pretty jars of fruit and vegetables sounded dreamy. Here's my story of the summer I learned to can.

What are your summer highlights so far? If the season is going too fast, now's the perfect time to pause and celebrate the goodness.

What good books have you been into this summer? Here are a few favorite reads that I have enjoyed this summer season.

Recently someone asked me, "what's your story?" I wanted to give a surface answer, but sharing in a deeper way invited a real connection.