For me, March came in like a little lamb because I was still waking up every day at my home in Uruguay and relishing the sight of deep blue water and endless sea birds. But something tells me the month is going to end more like a big fat (and [...]
Did you love the show Sex and the City? I didn't watch every episode but I caught a fair share of them. It was a big hit with Cosmo readers when I was editing the magazine, and we once did a poll with subscribers that included several questions about the show. The answer [...]
Happy New Year! I hope yours is off to a wonderful start. I'm writing from Uruguay, where we live for much of the winter now. There's so much I love about being here but one of the best parts is being able to write my books in my small home [...]
Are you someone who loves incorporating rituals into your life? I would guess the answer is yes, since rituals seem to be something we crave as humans. I have a few rituals I can't live without (including yogurt and tea every morning and decorating my Christmas tree with colored lights, [...]
I hope you're having a great fall as we head toward the holidays. To be honest, I was kind of sorry to see October end. I was thinking, as the month drew to a close, that October always seems to deliver more than a hundred percent. You know what I mean? The [...]
In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan's friend Jordan Baker announces at one point during a conversation that, "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." Though Jordan isn't a very likeable character, I've always loved that quote. Because life does seem to start over again in the fall, doesn't [...]
I'm one of those people who go through life taking a lot of notes. It's probably because I feel both eager (yeah, and sometimes even a little desperate) for information. I want to know how to do the things that matter to me in the best possible way and with [...]
I bet you're thinking the same thing I am. How did it end up being July? Summer always flies, but this one seems to be going faster than most. I haven't even dug out all my t-shirts yet. There was one week in June, however, that didn't feel so rushed. In [...]
Has spring been good to you so far? The weather in New York City has been much cooler and damper than I would have liked, but over the years I've come to see that spring in New York really comes down to two (freakishly) warm days in February, one lovely [...]
First it was the herds of deer in the yard. Then the ground hogs on the porch. And then, oh boy, the bear at the bird feeder. Lately, it seems, nature has been encroaching more and more on our weekend home in Pennsylvania. Sometimes it can be breathtaking. Like this [...]