Notes to Self (and also to you) A little list of things you should never ever do.  (Take it from someone who already has.) Never order pizzas for lunch from Costco the Friday before Christmas. Do you know why?  Because Costco pizza...

I received my Christmas present early this year.  As I write this it is Sunday evening and I am at a retreat in Ojai ALL BY MYSELF.  Retreat is not quite the right word as I am not at a formalized gathering, or any gathering at all for that...

Oh Christmas Tree When my husband and I were 1st married we went to a local farm that had rented land from a junior college for over 20 years to buy our Christmas trees.  They didn’t grow Christmas trees, but they did grow straw...