Full-figured Women can show off their Curves with Plus Sized Corsets No matter what your size is, corseting can add to your curves and general feminine appeal. I was pleased to find sexy corsets of all sizes – up to 7X! There are Many Views of Beauty – and the Full Figured is Certainly One […]

Accordion Playing: Service or Disgrace? If you play an accordion are you serving mankind or disgracing it? Is there a reason that no other instrument is the butt of so many jokes? “What is the difference between an onion and an accordion? You cry when you cut up an onion.” “What is the definition of […]

There are Lots of Seuss Treasures Beyond that Rascal of a Cat! The scampish and memorable Cat in the Hat needs to be part of everyone’s reading – even if you are not a kid. Or a cat But Dr. Seuss wrote all kinds of great books and it would be a treasure if they […]

Typhoo Tea Opens the door the World of British Tea The Brits love their black tea, and yummy Typhoo tea is one of the best available. There is a huge culture around tea, worldwide actually, but the British are famous for drinking it all day long, with tea for breakfast and high tea in the […]

Steal Street Furry Bones Statues – Scary Critters that Aren’t so Scary Who needs spooky, scary skeletons? StealStreet Furry Bones Statues are skeletons you love to cuddle or use to decorate your home. Furry Bone Statues are the latest collectible toy – with their delightful furry skull faces that only a mother could love. I […]

Service Dogs Take the Value of our favorite Pet to a World Beyond Service dogs have lived with people for centuries – because the very first dogs came to us in service. Very soon after the first wild canine came down from the woods to the tribal fire, dogs have been in service to mankind. […]

Gertrude Gumshoe- the Delightful adventures of the Geriatric Detective by Robin Merrill Gertrude the detective is the crazy cat lady with a purpose – she loves to solve crimes! This cozy mystery series is the one I have been waiting for – not too gory or spooky, full of humor and with endearing characters. Gertrude […]

Halloween Humor makes a Fun Holiday even More so I love Halloween. You can have lots of fun and you don’t need to worry about baking a turkey or buying presents! It is a great time to really relax, and this Halloween humor will make it even easier. Witch Humor To enjoy with your Favorite […]

Grimm TV Show – Fairy Tales with an Edge The TV series “Grimm” was a fascinating blend of fractured family tales and police detective show that ran for six seasons. During that time, the series created a multitude of loyal fans “Grimmsters” with cries for six seasons and a movie. The series was based on […]

Why make New Year’s resolutions you KNOW you can’t Keep? Maybe the reason you can’t keep your New Year’s Resolutions is that you really don’t want to. A list of long resolutions that you are forcing yourself to keep is bound to be broken. Probably by January 5. While we can change, and do change […]

Christmas Books for Kids – Books Kids love to read Whether you are a librarian or school-teacher or just a Mom or Dad you probably think kids need to read more books. I mean isn’t it good for them? And how about the videos and all those distractions that are more passive? But what you […]

Christmas Books Every Adult Needs to Read If you think Christmas time is only for children, you are wrong. Sometimes just picking up a Christmas book will make the season come alive. No time is better to read great books than Christmastime. It is cold outside, the season makes you turn inside anyway. And of […]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Novels Did you know that there’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer tie-in novels that fill in some of the gaps in the seasons with what what might have been? There are. Some of these novels are good and very enjoyable, some of them are okay, some of them are real stinkers. If […]

Musical Jewelry Boxes Little boxes that play belltower music – that is the basis of musical jewelry boxes. The earliest music boxes came from Switzerland . The modern ones follow the same concept as the music boxes several centuries ago. That is: music comes from just a few pieces: a flat combs of prongs that […]

A Thomas Kinkade Christmas Thomas Kinkade was one of the most popular painters in America. Known as the “Painter of Light,” he created more than a 1000 paintings in his life. It is estimated that one in 20 families in the US has a reproduction of his work. Kinkade tried to create idyllic, pastoral or […]

Celebrate the Halloween Holiday with Swarovski! I love Swarovski crystals. I used to think they are just cheap glass, but they are far from that. Swarovski crystals are made of glass, but a special precision cut and a secret chemical formula combine to make them so special. Therefore they are valuable as well as beautiful. […]

Fractured Fairy Tales Bring a Tickle to Our Beloved Fairy Tales We have been telling tales since the beginning of time. Ancient people would hover around the roaring fire and tell of their friends and their foes – and they were not afraid to use magic to explain. What are traditionally known as fairy tales […]

Jewelry Gifts for Mom and Grandma It is truly hard to give a gift to the ladies in your family that mean so much to you on Mother’s Day. But thoughtful jewelry is hard to beat. Jewelry is bound to be a heirloom – it does not spoil, and although it is personalized it will […]

Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors. Award winning fiction writer Anne Tyler is a real inspiration to me as a writer.She was one of the first authors to show me that a novel that honestly showed ordinary people’s lives could actually be an agent of change. I always feel so emotionally moved when […]

Cruelty Free Cosmetics All of us want to be beautiful, but no one wants to do it at the expense of the innocent. And yet that is exactly what happens when animal experimentation is used for cosmetics. Animal testing is cruel in ways that you don’t even want to think about. Animals can be subjected […]

How do you build a mousetrap car? And why would you Want to do it? What is a mousetrap car? It is a little auto that is powered by a mousetrap. Or if you want to get really powerful: use a rat trap or many mice traps! Making a mousetrap mousetrap vehicle gives kids who […]

Why you should consider adopting a Senior Dog – or Senior Cat Why do senior dogs deserve a place in your home? Even though it may seem hard to believe, old dogs and cats have many qualities that make them delightful pets! Many people think dogs and cats are just not fun when they are […]

Cafe Gratitude introduced me to great vegan cooking – and great vegan cookbooks One of my favorite restaurants used to be Cafe Gratitude in Berkeley. They were 100% vegan, and had an abundance of delicious foods from salads to desserts to salads to imaginative entrees. Sadly, they had to leave Berkeley, but there is still […]

March has two unique and lovely birthstones: Aquamarine and Bloodstone If you celebrate your birthday in March, you are blessed with two lovely and mysterious birthstones: aquamarine and bloodstone. I love the idea of birthstones. The belief that there is a special gem for each month that is special for it is ancient: from the […]

Poinsettias Create Christmas Miracles I was mad. Two men – a boarding home manager and my ex-husband – who were supposed to be taking care of my adult autistic son were not doing it to my expectations. I was in a rage – they had not given him the medication he needed. I felt used […]

Books that Children love even though they learn something! Kids love to read! Especially when they are exposed to reading in the right way. I love to read! I am sure I was reading – right at my birth,but it wasn’t much after that. I was lucky enough to be read to daily by my […]

Coco from Pixar One of the most enjoyable memories of this summer was watching Coco from Disney and Pixar with my adult son. While I unfortunately did not see it on the big screen, I still loved seeing it in my living room. Coco is an enchanting tale that mixes Mexican culture especially in regards […]

Tutti Frutti Jewelry Do you know about yummy tutti frutti jewelry? Also called fruit salad jewelry? I have found some of it at a super-huge flea market in Southern California that I visited on a trip many of years ago. I have also inherited some pieces from my mother. Every once in a while I […]

Cubic Zirconium – Great Bling for Your Buck I must confess that I prefer the feeling of natural gems, but I have recently realized how much beauty cubic zirconia can bring to your jewelry wardrobe. Zirconia was first known as a diamond substitute. But it is far more than a clear stone. Zirconia can be […]

Noah’s Ark Decorations Using Noah’s Ark decorations in your home can be a charming way to decorate for children. The story of Noah’s Ark in the Bible is one of the most appealing to kids. The story is of a giant flood that covered the Earth, with Noah being instructed to bring his family and […]

December birthstone color: BLUE No doubt about it – when it comes to December – birthstones are coming up blue. That’s because December has not one, not two , not three but FOUR blue birthstones. Birthstones are special jewels for each month, and those people lucky enough to be born in December can celebrate in […]

Gemstone Globes are the Perfect Home Decoration My love of jewelry has lead me to these wonderful gemstone globes. World globes are also historical, as they show the changing geography as countries form and dissolve, Celestial globes map the Universe. All globes are special, with educational and scientific merits. But bringing a globe that is […]