A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

On the last evening of our cruise, Scottie and I did what many travelers do before an early morning departure. We packed. Which meant that during dinner, my suitcase was already somewhere in the belly of the ship waiting for disembarkation the next morning, and I was dressed for a travel day, not...

 Our grandkids, Zoe and Coen, are close in age, even in those so-called *angst years* of being teenagers, we genuinely enjoy each other. We laugh, we talk, we do things together. It's easy. And I don't take that for granted for a second.

We've always loved traveling as a family. Those trips hold so...

It wasn't the clothes that changed her. It was what she was willing to trade to belong.

I watched the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada sequel and felt an unexpected rush of excitement. Not just because it looks good, although it does. Not just because of the nostalgia, though that’s there too. It ...

There’s something I’ve been noticing lately, and if I’m being honest, it’s been sitting with me.

I’m 71. And I look 71. Not in a resigned way, not in a defeated way—simply in a truthful way. This is what 71 looks like on me.

And yet, more often than not, when someone wants to offer a compliment, w...

Maybe the New Nonna isn't a trend. Maybe she's a woman who stopped asking for permission.

Whether you called her Nonna, Oma, Babcia, Yiayia, Abuela, Nan, Nanna … or simply Grandma, you probably know exactly the woman I’m talking about.

She had her way of doing things. Her way of dressing. She wore...

Women are endlessly fascinated by color. We talk about it, admire it, and are naturally drawn to it - in art, in flowers, in beautiful interiors, in fabrics that catch our eye when we walk into a store. Color moves us, it inspires us. And yet, when you open many closets, one color quietly dominates....