The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. —Marcus Aurelius
Sometimes the true value of the piece is how much a person loves it.
Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?
Penne Pasta With Fresh Arugula, Tomato and Mozzarella Success depends on fresh tomatoes and arugula and basil. And don’t even think about using anything but the freshest mozzarella. You don’t need muc...
I read sixty books last year. Geez, he said. Why? ’Cause there wasn’t time to read more,
We can move past our history, but we can never truly erase it.
Watched as the earth mother turned into a corporate dominatrix, chewing out the legal counsel
Quit arguing, he said. It’s a done deal. He sat down and shoved first one foot, then the other, into his cowboy boots—the ridiculously expensive ones she had given him last Christmas. She’d never regr...
Life had taught him long ago that fear and happiness could not coexist.
Equaled her brilliant sister in the classroom. She used to pretend it didn’t matter during the years she and Abigail attended Miss Madinsky’s school together. Alongside the pampered daughters of judge...
There was something elemental and, all right, fundamentally sexy, about a guy building a fire for a woman. Maybe it went back to caveman times. She felt a natural attraction to a man with the instinct...
The human heart has a way of holding on for as long as it takes, until it has been fulfilled.
The best honey comes from a source you know, and is processed without heat. Raw, unfiltered honey retains its royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis—three major sources of antioxidants, vitamins and min...
She visited her father all the time. She’d stepped over piles of clutter, but it had never occurred to her that Pop was having serious problems. As time went by, his carelessness had increased, but Ro...
If possible, get the ingredients at your local farmer’s market. Food tastes better when you know where it comes from. ⅓ cup honey 2 cups melon cubes ⅓ cup lemon or lime juice 2 cups green seedless gra...
San Francisco was her favorite. It was the kind of city where being independent was valued, not pitied or regarded as a problem to be rectified by well-meaning friends.