Struggling with insomnia?

June 10, 2026
Oh, to sleep like a baby! Are you (like me) struggling with insomnia? Here’s what can actually help: If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. wondering why sleep won’t come, you know how discouraging insomnia can be. I hear from so many people—especially women over 50—who say...

Sit Saturday – last week alone

August 29, 2009
My little love muffin prepares to meet his new step-siblings.The plush pink throw is meant to protect our furniture from Gigi and Rufus --claws and hair -- and Little...

His Nibs: a study in pink

August 29, 2009

Only a ride, he says

August 28, 2009
"It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love....

Sit Saturday – good taste

August 28, 2009
This is wrong.So wrong.On so many levels.Celebrities should be banned from pet ownership. (and reproducing.)Dear readers, prepare yourselves. I am off to Miami in the...

Gratitude Friday -gratitude heart

August 28, 2009
For Michael.His health.Our life.And love.I'm grateful.For more gratitude,visit Diana...

Let’s not kid ourselves

August 28, 2009
but it ain't gonna change a thing, really. Thin will stay "in." Women will have body image issues. Or starve themselves to achieve an ideal that's in reality an...

Struggling with faith

August 27, 2009
How can you struggle with faith? M asked me the other day. You either have it or you don't. Yes, of course. But sometimes, you want it, you really want it, but you have...

Lucky

August 27, 2009
"I've been lucky my whole life," M. said to me the other day. And he has.I wonder what that would feel like, I thought.And then a second thought: Could I be lucky, too,...

Courage

August 27, 2009
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."- James Neil Hollingworth writing as Ambrose...

All the sweeter

August 27, 2009
An unexpected phone call from my 19-year-old nephew; long, deep, humorous and sweet. Touching on all the topics of the day, personal and private, including politics.What...

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