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The Picasso Museum of Barcelona: An Artist’s Life

I’m not a big fan of Picasso, I am sorry to say.  But when I found myself in Barcelona recently with my 14-year-old daughter, I felt we had to do something other than shop and eat, something redeeming with our …

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High Season for Gardeners

Anyone who gardens knows that this time of year is probably the most important time of all. Certainly, the local nurseries know it, since they need people just to direct traffic on the weekends. It’s the time for planting, mulching, …

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Best in Show at the Natural Products Expo

Late last week I took my 12-year-old daughter Eve to the Natural Products Expo West trade show, in Anaheim, California, for the first time. Suddenly, she realized I have a really cool job. We didn’t have time to see everything, …

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Washington Vibe

This past weekend I took my family to the Green Expo in Washington DC. Green Expo is a series of consumer shows around the country on everything green, organic, and good for the planet. I went to humbly accept a …

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What We Can Learn about Working with People from Working with Horses

I’m one of those women who would have been horse-crazy as a girl if my parents had allowed it. So I tentatively began learning about horses after I grew up. One of the places I started at was called Last …

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Top 10 Places I Want to Travel to Before I Die

For some crazy reason I don’t have a vacation planned for this August. One day I looked at my calendar, and there was no room left to get away—when you combine my schedule, my husband’s schedule, and all the kids’ …

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Fuzz Is My New Buzz

Maybe it’s because I’m getting older (with the granny glasses to prove it), but I’m starting to tire of the whole “buzz”-chasing world. Now, it’s all about fuzz for me. What’s fuzz? It’s the happy feeling and comfort of a …

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