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The Business of Love »

In Feb. 1987, the publisher of BUSINESS TO BUSINESS NETWORK asked me to come up with a feature on the Business of Love for a special Valentine’s Day edition he was planning.

On a Personal Note.... »

AUGUST 5th... Hello My Friends!Toast your tea cup, lift a latte, uncork that vintage red...

The Intangibles are Greater than the Tangibles »

The intangible gains are greater than the tangibles. But I still want to win. We're rounding the bend with about 30 hours left in the Red Room contest and it is VERY close.

The Ultimate Relationship »

Recently, while sitting at a neighb

Time »

This year is a banner year of big birthdays.  My younger sister turns forty, my older sister turns sixty, and my husband turns fifty.  My bank book turns to dust.  We are a party family, so there a

Long Distance Love »

Loving a soldier isn't easy. Christina gave me permission to post this account of her long distance love affair.

Sancerre and Laundry »

I thought I'd take the things I love out for a spin on the Redroom dance floor.  "The way to know life is to love many things," beautiful crazy Vincent Van Gogh said, so here's my list.  W

What I Love About You - 2 »

Okay, lovers. Here are a few more questions from What I Love About You, a guided journal that helps you spell out what exactly you love about your special person -

CHILDREN ARE MIRRORS »

My children show me a true picture of myself. Knowing this helps me become more conscious of my words and actions.

Baby »

Not to put too fine a point on it: I love youAnd think about you constantly when you aren’t aroundI reflect upon your beautyAnd perseverate on your grace

On These Small Hands »

Words.  Books.  I was looking at my bookshelves the other day, astonished at how much I've read in my life.  You'd think I'd be wiser, more intelligent, as peaceful as Buddha reading and rocking in

What I Love About You - 1 »

We can do better than "I love you." We can make them believe it. What exactly do we love about our sweethearts?

Dying to Teach »

Jeffrey Berman's new book, Dying to Teach, is wrenching, but leaves us filled with empathy. This book is many things at once.

tangible flesh ...lullaby of mystical musings, salted »

Just received the first in-depth response to Chalcedony - here it is!

Something Sweet, Something sort of grandish »

I beleive in the jinx. Too many times I've gotten close to the wire only to pull up lame or crack an axel or get snipered out of the game.

Love and Biology »

Love. Biology. Are the two things as diametrically opposed as, say, god and science, or art and industry?

LOVE, TO LIVE II »

My last blog, LOVE, TO LIVE, seems to have hit a nerve! I’ve received somany comments and notes at once that I want to reply to you “at large.”

LOVE, TO LIVE »

When I give talks to patients and families I’m sometimes asked if there isone piece of advice that I would give to ward off eating disorders. To a

Birthday Blog »

Happy Birthday to me, on April 7th.  (Also William Wordsworth's birthday, so happy day, Will!)  I'll be busy that day, so I thought I'd write this now.

What's Going On: So This Is It »

Sometimes changes take place within us, so far beneath the surface that we don't know what they are.  But there are ripples moving outward across the still pond.  Lately, I don't feel social at

An Accident »

It's not April 2nd yet, but I'm thinking about April 2nd, which is my mother's birthday.  She would be 80 years old.  My mother died twenty years ago in a car accident.

Love in Starbuck Style »

Last summer I attended the Bank of the West sponsored Women's Tennis Tournament at Stanford.

At the gift show »

Yesterday I attended the San Francisco Gift Show. In the process of looking at the various booths I made a lot of new friends who shared snippets of their chance meetings with me.

Bedtime Stories »

Have you ever wondered what you are going to read to your daughter as a bedtime story? Have you ever wondered what you are going to read to put you in the mood for blissful slumber?

It puts a smile on your face! »

This past weekend I was in Carmel, CA and stopped to visit a store that carries my book. Material Goods is on Ocean Avenue.

Love in perspective and other bits floating in the ether »

So, on my way to my home office, I stopped in my six-year-old's room to give him a few little pats and a kiss. "I love you, Riley," I said.

Alice in the Red Room »

My new book, The Third Angel, is about to be published and I've been thinking about the angels in my own life.

Meeting Your Sweetheart »

Why are so many wonderful people sadly single, terrific humans who would like to cuddle up with their buttercup?  I know it's not the most serious earthly problem, but it irks me.  I wish I had a

Reading List: Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield »

I picked up this book for a few different reasons.

Love Like a Live Lobster Falling on Your Head »

My husband is a chef, so we never celebrate Valentine’s Day on Valentine’s Day. He is busy cooking for the lovers. So we’re celebrating on Sunday instead.

Frog Fight »

So this blog could go anywhere, but it started with frogs.

Love Language #1: Words of Affirmation »

Gary Chapman, author of bestselling book The Five Languages of Love, writes that "the need to feel loved by one's spouse is at the heart of all marital desires."

Flowers...Candy...Anyone? »

I have teased my husband for years telling him that he has it very easy.

Spreading the Love »

Spreading the Loveby Kate--

The Goddess of Happiness »

The GODDESS OF HAPPINESS BLOG provides essays, opinions and advice to help people live, learn, love and laugh a little easier!

A Dead Language? »

“Amo, Amas, Amat …”  

Three Women of Tango (Some seek unhappiness in love.) »

There is a tango entitled "Tengo Miedo", written in 1929. Tu cariño me enloquece.

Sunday Night Supper »

My first Sunday night supper of the New Year was a “Happy New You” event.