I am feeling upbeat today. Why, you might ask? Because the Christmas-New Year idleness is over. That is, I don’t mean to say that Christmas is all about doing nothing, because, how shall I put it, however modern and workaholic we women might be today, we are still the principle purveyors of Christmas cheer and […]

Ok, let’s be honest. Even those of us whose feet are firmly on the ground can’t resist our wants from time to time, and simply want to get something. We’d like this something to be nice, too. What passes for ‘nice’ varies from person to person, but some things are universal. Anyone who has ever […]