We love our friends in Texas, but sometimes the chaos of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is enough to drive anyone batty. That’s when we know it is time to escape to the mountains. Continue reading “Unplug in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains [PHOTOS]”
Last week may have been National Library Week, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t show love to your local library the other fifty-one weeks of the year. Whether you’re a bibliophile who knows each librarian by name or someone who hasn’t stepped into a library since catalogs were in a big wooden chest with thousands of index cards inside, here are some ways to make the most of your local library now. Continue reading “Six Ways to Show You Love Your Library”
Author Jane Austen once said, “Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.” This comes from a woman who was born in 1775, long before the Information Age, which has whipped all of us into a frenzy, hurtling us through life at the speed of light. Cell phones. Twitter. The Internet. Twenty-four hour news cycles. It gets to the best of us, which is why I love the new book, 1,001 Ways to Slow Down: A Book of Everyday Calm. Here, bestselling author Barbara Ann Kipfer reminds us about all the many ways to unwind. Continue reading “Keep Calm, Slow Down and Open Yourself Up to Life’s Little Pleasures [REVIEW]”
We’ve always loved Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and it’s the same no matter where we go. This year we went out to Cape Cod to celebrate the occasion at the store in North Eastham, and even in the off season, we weren’t alone. Continue reading “Crowds Come Out In Droves For Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day [PHOTOS]”
Visitors to my home are frequently surprised to find an absence of prepared foods when they look in my pantry. But after a recent trip to the grocery store, that suddenly changed when I discovered a new brand of Italian products called Bove’s. Continue reading “Discover Homemade Italian Flavor Right On Your Grocer’s Shelf [VIDEOS]”
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