This is an altogether too familiar scenario. Saying his name softly won’t wake him, nudging him gently won’t roll him over, and I’m grinding my teeth toward another tension headache... 

Somehow lately I have found myself reading a string of books about Ireland. It wasn’t an intentional direction, however it is one I am glad I fell upon. By reading a few books about... 

   Do you have the courage to live? It does take courage to survive, to find the light of hope to live through to the next day. I’m talking about the courage to live the life of... 

At some point in our lives, we reflect on what our purpose might be. If we haven’t done that before we hit our mid-life crisis, it most certainly will be part of our process then.... 

It’s hard to live in Canada’s oldest National Park for five years and not fall in love with nature. Banff taught me about respect for myself and the planet. We need to preserve... 

Well, hello there, dear reader, I’m so glad you chose to join us again.   How did the last lesson go? For those of you who are new to this column or suffer from short-term memory... 

Okay, dear reader, if you read the byline at the top of this column, I can almost guarantee I know what you’re thinking.   You’re thinking, ‘If a single goose is a goose, and... 

by Joyce Swarz, Collins Design  ISBN 978-0-06-195638-6 Last fall, I created some vision boards for various aspects of my life. It just seemed too cluttered and busy to add everything...