Traditions can adapt and evolve with time, a good thing to remember as we head into a new year. Even the most ordinary of things can surprise us, delight us, and put us on a new path of discovery.
Cicily Janus | Posted 12.28.2009 | Impact
I resolve to make a list this year of things that will lessen my personal ignorance to larger issues at hand.
James M. Lynch | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
Here's my challenge to you: In this coming year let's light this world up with positive energy and a life of joy and possibility. But don't just tell me. Show me.
Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
All you have to do is make a conscious decision to slow down long enough -- not so easy this time of year, I admit -- to simply talk with your children about the grandparents they no longer have in their lives.
Ben Mangan | Posted 12.15.2009 | Impact
Since I hate complaining without offering solutions, I'm providing ideas each day this week on how we can revive values that truly make the holidays special. Spend Tuesdays finding a way to volunteer for a cause that moves you.
Sarah Archer | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living
The advent of the non-committal gift card says it all: shopping for our loved ones has never been quicker and easier -- or less thoughtful.
Julie Spira | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living
I have an excerise that can help minimize the holiday blues, put a smile on your face, and allow you to be open to meeting someone before the strike of midnight on New Year's Eve, if you are ready and willing.
Karen Luniw | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
How does one get through the holiday season unscathed by the family biting sarcasm, the off-hand negative comments about your love life or lack of employment? Those unsaid, yet thick feelings of disapproval?
John Farr | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment
Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.
Gina Pell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Style
It's that time of year again when we're forced to sit around a turkey and then later a tree or a menorah (or both) and field questions like, "When are you going to put that law degree to use?"
Isobel White | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style
No, who am I kidding -- I am old school, but trying my best to keep up. I vow to actively use LinkedIn and Facebook this year.
Meredith Broussard | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style
My college students would find me on Facebook in about five seconds flat. Can I really get up in front of a classroom and command authority if my students know I helped make a fruit turkey?
Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 02.05.2009 | Style
There will be no trace of Christmas in my house. The sugar cookies rattling around the tin? Gone. The leftover eggnog? Down the drain. Gingerbread houses? See ya. Except for the cards. They stick around.
Janet Carlson | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living
It's a funny concept, spending money on gifts for the man you're divorcing, isn't it? The man you're trying to disentangle from financially?
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living
This year, I'm going to . . . Waste less, recycle more. Talk less, listen more. React less, consider more. Read less, meditate more. Complain less, compliment more.
Reverend Billy | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living
So the retail bubble finally burst, with some estimating an extreme contraction of up to 8%. An America where local economies strike a balance with the big companies is clearly the idea.
Lisa Wade | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style
What experiences have you had with the Santa lie? Why have you chosen to lie or tell the truth to your children? Do you think you did the right thing?
Timothy Bay | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style
Facing the challenge of current economic conditions, Santa retooled his product line this season to create new toys incorporating space-age science and the economic spirit of the times.
Lisa Wade | Posted 01.27.2009 | Style
There is something truly amazing about a sign touting "Doorbuster!" sales that shows how quickly we forget, how callous we can be, and the level of incompetence at JCPenney.
SaraKay Smullens | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living
I find myself looking back and remembering those who showed me enormous kindness -- as well as opportunities for kindness to those I had not been deeply involved with.
Alfred Gingold | Posted 01.26.2009 | Style
I am aware that the world outlook has, by most measures, deteriorated since Nov. 4th. But the light at the end of the tunnel shines on.
Kelly Carlin-McCall | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living
As I sat Christmas morning meditating as the dawn broke here in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean over Hawaii, I was struck by the many faces of the Ultimate Unknown/Known Otherness that were presented to me.
Patrick Takahashi | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living
While maintaining a somewhat provocative edge, my holiday message provides a bit of humor, followed by compelling evidence on how the Catholic Church might have originated.
Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.25.2009 | Style
Anita Thompson | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living
While reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope yesterday, I was reminded of the man (the third president) who distilled the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Karen Leland | Posted 12.30.2009 | Living