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Books Make the Perfect Holiday Gift – My Picks

Need a gift for that hard-to-buy-for person? Books make great gifts. Thoughtful, affordable and simple. Here are some of my favorite gift picks: For the tech lover – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson or The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick For the young reader (or the young at heart) – The Hunger [...]

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It’s Time to Think About Helping Others

Today be grateful for your ability to help others. Remember that there is always someone who is having a harder time than you are. As the holiday season is underway, it’s time to start thinking about charitable giving. Keep in mind some guidelines suggested by Charity Navigator: Be a 3-D giver: There are three components [...]

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My Favorite Holiday Joys

Weekend Musings   Some of my favorite things about the Holiday season: Drinking eggnog in front of the Christmas tree Hot cocoa and cookies by the fireplace Taking a drive ( or walk) around the city to look at all of the lighting displays The smell of fresh pine from a newly cut Christmas tree Being up to my elbows in cookie dough and fudge with [...]

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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Holiday Season

When we look back on our fondest memories of Christmas past, it is probably not the perfectly trimmed tree and beautifully wrapped gifts that we most remember. It is rather those joyously happy, splendidly unplanned moments that were ripe with laughter (or tears,) family, friends and fun. It is the time spent helping others, connecting [...]

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Evaluate Your Life Score… Take the Test

If you think of life in terms of a game, then perhaps you should give yourself a score of some sort. How else will you know how you’re doing? And really why shouldn’t you? Despite the fact that it is often serious and at times difficult, life really does play out much like a game. [...]

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