This Week's Simple Tip: This 4th of July will be very different from past years. Last year I was blessed to be at James Taylor's July 4th tradition of an extra special concert at Tanglewood, his Massachusetts hometown venue. What a wonderful memory ... here's Sweet Baby James from that night just in case you want to hear it for your thousandth time! We also visited the nearby Norman Rockwell Museum, where I bought this beautiful refrigerator magnet of Rockwell's 1961 pai

This Week's Simple Tip: You know those sticky felt things you put on the bottom of chair legs to make them slide easier? I find myself replacing them every few months when they start falling off. This has been going on for years. But a couple of weeks ago, when they were coming off yet again, it made me crazy! It most likely had something to do with the added stress all of us are feeling lately. So why am I telling you this? I bought some of those permanent gliders you

This Week's Simple Tip: Meet my new pet tadpoles!! I rescued them from a water bucket on the side of our house, and thought it would be nice to reminisce and watch them evolve like I did as a child.Change is a natural and inevitable part of reality in nature. This fascinating short video shows the metamorphosis from eggs to tadpoles to frogs, which is a reminder that I will be bringing them to the pond soon before they can jump! Unlike creatures in nature, humans tend t

This Week's Simple Tip: This week I started watching Netflix's newest hit series 'Sweet Magnolias,' about three South Carolina women who shepherd each other through the complexities of romance, career, and family. At one point one of the women is questioning her future in a discussion with her mother who gently reminds her that "You chart your own path. If you want to do it, do it. If you think it's a crazy idea, tell them." This is important to remember as things begi