Follow these seven easy steps. — I often hear people saying that they don’t have a green thumb. The definition of green thumb is “natural talent for growing plants.” We all have this talent. Humans have been around plants since the beginning of time. …

A Cat Story —

Happy New Lunar Year! What’s represented in the New Lunar Year 2020–2031 stamps: Year of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, and beyond. — 2022: The Year of the Tiger. The Tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China. The zodiac sign Tiger is a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. Many Chinese kids wear hats or shoes with a tiger image for good luck. The most relevant years of…

Reframe your resolutions and make a road map to achieve them. — By the third week of January, many people feel their New Year’s Resolutions start to fade. It’s not too late to rescue your 2022 resolutions. This article shows how to reframe resolutions to increase success. …

Easy way to have the company of your… —

Would I ever see a clear sky? —

Carving a large bird, especially in front of hungry guests, can be a daunting task. This Xmas Eve, I woke up earlier than I usually do and with inexplicable anxiety. …

Enjoy the benefits of a walk for your body and mind. — What about a walk in the Huntley Meadows Park before it gets too hot? My still cloudy brain accepted my husband’s early morning challenge. “OK. I’ll get ready.” We’d been walking in the evenings to avoid the steamy hot Summer days in Northern Virginia. …

When I saw a pink baby sandal alone on the bottom step of a row house in Alexandria, I remembered the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Then I thought, there is a five-word story here: This shoe lost its baby. A baby whose…