When Margaret was little, she had an uncle who always held court at holiday time, receiving endless praise from relatives gathered around the table. He was a major philanthropist to many political, cultural and social causes. Having an audience was one...

We know you’ve heard us loud and clear talking about the delicate matter of hearing loss. We each have our own way of dealing with this deficit. Most of us are in complete denial. We avoid dealing with it because: We despise the look of hearing...

This blog will be short, simple and delicious in honor of national bagel week. Yes, food is not the be-all-and-end-all in the scheme of world peace, but a great melt-in-your-mouth cheese bagel can do wonders for your mood and others’ outlook as well. So,...

We've written about a new year as a time to make obligatory resolutions in a quest to be better people. We know that resolutions can be about almost anything and even now, a few days past Jan. 1, you may already have broken one, two or a few of yours....

As the year ends and some of us make resolutions, looks often come up in what we can change. We suggest a different strategy. Looks have never been topmost, though we like to look good. We have our reasons. Growing up, Margaret's mother preached: "Pretty...

Baby, it's cold outside and we're busy working, wrapping gifts, writing holiday notes and cooking to avoid heading out as temperatures dip and snow flurries swirl. But what we cook and how has changed as we've aged. In today's world, especially during...

A year ago, we spent New Year's Eve together and with a few others. Before the clock struck Midnight, we decided as a group not to share our resolutions since we often break the vows, setting ourselves up for failure. We adhere to the atavistic adage:...

It happens to most of us and can be a gut-punch. You have a strong relationship with someone and suddenly they disappear. Poof. It's called ghosting and occurs when a person stops communicating with another without warning. They disappear into thin...

It's almost the start of the big holiday whirl. We're busy shopping and spending money on gifts, gathering with friends and relatives at home and out and about to toast our togetherness. We feel we're hemorrhaging money while spending almost $4 a gallon...

At some point we each have thought, we wish we were richer. Maybe, have another income stream as prices continue to rise, especially if our writing dries up. Our co-mingled anxiety has led us to wonder how easy or hard it would be to retrain ourselves...

Friends and family are starting to plan for the Thanksgiving holiday-making their shopping lists, finetuning who will be invited, thinking about polishing the silverware and readying the air mattresses for extras who will sleep over. Are you the host...

The desire to own fewer things in our lives can be seen with the current decline in luxury spending or spending in general, and the cult success of listening to the decluttering superstar author Marie Kondo. Whether we buy fewer possessions or just...