Sharing is Good — Right?

We have taken our mother’s advise to the max with our new ability to share our lives with our friends through social media. The concept of the collaborative economy flows directly from that ability to instantly share. Can our economic system really shift from purchasing goods and services to only sharing? The sharing mentality comes…

The facts of life

When our son was a toddler, he had Chris, a Cabbage Patch doll, which managed to survive three decades of moving with the military. The doll has an androgynous physique and  a gender-neutral name. Our granddaughters insist that Chris is a girl, so rather than his original coveralls, Chris now has a flower in her hair…

7 PRACTICAL STEPS TO A HAPPIER LIFE

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but how you feel about the rose depends on how you describe it. If you say, “I have to smell those roses,” you communicate a different message to yourself than if you say “I GET to smell the roses.” There are so many great books…