Another Story Must Begin

Another Story Must Begin

Auld Lang Syne.  We have all sung it, or tried to sing it, on New Year’s Eve as a kind of farewell to the old year and toasting the new. Loosely translated, it means “long long ago, “days gone by”, or “for old times sake”. ...
Some Are A Melody

Some Are A Melody

There are many songs and poems about staying forever young. But what does that really mean? Doing foolish things, not a care in the world, playing in the rain, laughing at silly jokes, talking to our friends for hours, listening to music, learning new things, dancing...
Cruelty Free

Cruelty Free

Somehow, saying we are Cruelty Free seems better than saying We Do Not Test On Animals.  Just the words ‘test on animals’ never felt right to write, as the images it paints in my mind are of rats in cages as scientists in white jackets injected them with...
Time After Time

Time After Time

This is me, a few years ago, walking with my daughter and my friend Brittney in downtown Grand Haven to watch fireworks on the 4th of July. Time after time, I look back on pictures of me and think “what in the world was I thinking, going out dressed as I...