UncommonGoods Holiday Gifts and Giveaway by Robin Gorman Newman


I recently learned of the website UncommonGoods, and am excited to share my cool discoveries with you. Especially at this time of the year, when you are likely on the lookout for unique gifts for those on your list, it's such a relief, so to speak, when you find the perfect ...

Happy Thanksgivukkah! – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


For the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah will converge, marking the first joint celebration of the two holidays aptly named Thanksgivukkah. This year Thanksgiving Day will mark the first day of Hanukkah – the eight-day festival that celebrates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple ...

Holiday Snafu – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


Last week I wrote about how joyous it was to have time to “breathe” when you celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. Joyous my reindeer hoof! A week ago, I had an endometrial biopsy. I spoke to at least a dozen women who had that procedure, including one who had one unexpectantly ...

A Holiday Time to Breathe – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


If my aging memory serves correct, I believe that Hanukkah and Christmas have overlapped for several years now. I could be off by a year somewhere. However since my son was perhaps four-years-old (5 years ago), I have been playing hopscotch trying to prepare and celebrate Hanukkah at the same ...

‘Tis The Season To Be Absolutely Crazed by: Catrina Chatelain


     This past weekend was ridiculously manic.  I don’t want to be yet another woman singing that “woe-is-me-I’m-so-busy-doing-it-all” song, but please give me a pass and allow me to chortle a few versus for a quick minute.      I was actually forewarned of the craziness to come when on Friday afternoon ...