Category Living a Happy Life

Regardless of your age, I encourage you to take time occasionally to think of all the friends who have come and gone in the revolving door of  your life. Every change in your life brings opportunities for new friends. How…

69-1974 By Carol Guild Up through the 1960s, in most households dads were the sole bread-winner for the family and therefore were often the absent figure in children’s lives. Like Ward Cleaver in the popular TV show ‘Leave it to Beaver”,…

One of the best things about the first week in June is that fresh strawberries are plentiful everywhere! When I was 12 I picked strawberries for a local farm. They brought a wagon into town every day at 5:30 a.m.…

This week is National Backyard Games Week! So to celebrate, perhaps we should all take some time to enjoy fun and games in our back yards. 83% of us are urban dwellers, many in homes without yards. If you don’t…

A couple months ago consumers were lamenting the high cost of eggs. They were the one food item a lot of people focused on when dealing with rising food costs. Right now at my grocery store the price is $3.89…

The first time I experienced a proper English High Tea was in the fall of 1983 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. I loved it. The British ritual of High Tea began in the 1800s when a close friend…

I borrowed my blog title this week from Louis Armstrong because I quite agree. Music is the universal language understood by all of mankind. There is something affirming about being surrounded by others all enjoying and sharing the same music.…

Did you know? The favorite Christmas cookie in the U.S. is the peanut butter blossom. That’s according to General Mills, and Betty Crocker backs it up with their list of the favorite Christmas cookies by state. It surprised me because…

What a loss when Jerry Lee Lewis died on October 29. When I was a kid in the 1950s my Dad always had his radio tuned to WJUN, our local station, and they played the popular music of the day.…

What makes Halloween Parties so much fun for adults is getting to pretend you are someone, or something, other than who you are. At least for a few hours. For many years I was lucky enough to go to Halloween…