The other day I received an email from Amazon.com. It named a book I was reading and suggested that if I liked that book I would enjoy the others it listed. I was baffled; how did Amazon..

Melanie comes up with the most intriguing topics! She really knows how to start a conversation! Melanie is documenting a special time in her life here. She’s back at Life, for instance today with another fun weekend post that..

Jack is in the house today! Jack is the first of four generous blogger-friends who offered to host at LFI while I step away from the blogosphere and unplug for an at-home vacation. Jack is a proliferous..

Hajra! Let’s talk about a perfect day! All of us dream of the perfect life. All of us yearn for a perfect day to say the least. But how many of us have the idea of what the..

We often talk about living in the now here at Life, for instance. There are numerous books about it, notably, The Power of Now. Years ago a friend loaned me that book but I couldn’t get into it,..

“I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam:27, 1850 Growing up, I..

I read a great article the other day by Bob Burg about listening. Listening well is extremely difficult to do when someone close to you has a problem and you believe you have answers, because if you..

What do you do when something exciting happens in your life? Do you share it with someone close to you, someone who will understand and celebrate with you? Have you ever noticed that after you’ve shared your..

Years ago I went with a group of friends to see a production of “Les Miserables”. As we were leaving the theatre one of my friends said, “I’m so sad! I’ll never again be able to see..