
Homeschooling: Strategies for Success
If you’re a parent of school-age children during this pandemic, you experienced the joys (and pains) of homeschooling this past spring. We had hoped it would be a short season: we were rounding the bases and heading for home plate by summer.…

A Sweet Gift: Baking Sourdough Bread
Have you jumped on the baking bread bandwagon yet? If not, here’s your invitation to join the ride!
Sheltering in place has brought out the chef in many of us. All of these weeks of staying indoors, eating at home, preparing three meals…

Declutter Your Mind
Decluttering Your Life Series, Part II
When I work with clients to declutter and organize their spaces, I often find that there is another type of clutter lingering in the background that is contributing to the disorganization: mental clutter.…

5 Packing Tips for Summer Camp
It’s summertime! For many of us, we will soon be sending our kiddos off to sleep-away camp. The weeks leading up to camp can be daunting: there is so much to think about, plan, do, get and pack to prepare for your little (or big!) ones’…

Holy Guacamole!
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! For Americans, it’s the perfect Mexican holiday that no Mexican would celebrate (outside of the ones in Puebla who kicked out the occupying French army on this day in 1862). Those of us north of the border have adopted…

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler: Gumbo!
It’s Fat Tuesday: a perfect time to share and prepare one of my all-time favorite Southern dishes from New Orleans: gumbo!
This love affair has grown stronger every year as I have tinkered with the recipe, figured out what I wanted more…

3 Ways Lemon Water Can Enhance Your Life
Lemon water. That’s where this blog started a year ago, and I figure there’s no better way to start the blog this year than with the elixir that has been a constant for me over the past 12 months. It's the first thing I have in the morning,…

The Recipe for Good Luck in the New Year: Black-Eyed Peas!
The New Year is almost here! And with that comes a great reason to throw a holiday party. For this occasion however, we bypass the New Year’s Eve ruckus to focus on the New Year’s Day goodness . . . as in the Rose Bowl Parade, football…

Tips to Make Your Holiday Party a Hit!
Holidays are wonderful for so many reasons: it’s a time to honor traditions, gather with family and celebrate with friends. They’re called “holidays” because they aren’t “everyday” – it’s a special occasion that calls for…

Pecan Pie Perfection
‘Tis the season for family gatherings, holiday celebrations and, most importantly, festive feasting! Hands down, my favorite course of any feast is dessert. And at Thanksgiving, the traditional pumpkin pie and pecan pie are staples in our…

Simple Salmon Supper
I’m taking a break this week from my back-to-school series for a very important commercial break: what’s for dinner?
Want to learn how to make the best, healthiest and easiest dinner ever? Even when you’re rushing home from work, or…

Crazy for this Granola!
It's back-to-school time, and with that comes stocking your pantry with easy breakfast items to grab when you're dashing out the door, or tasty afternoon snacks to serve your kids when they come running home, ravenous, for a treat.
Here's…