by Kathlene McGovern | Apr 27, 2022 | Pets
Kathlene McGovern shares Part 2 of this 2 part series on how to best travel with your pets. Read Part 1 Here As the weather warms so, naturally, does our wanderlust. A prelude to the freedom that summer brings. Feet itching for adventure look for the perfect spot to...
by Kathlene McGovern | Apr 20, 2022 | Happy Headlines
Spring has officially sprung (even if the weather begs to differ) and with the season comes the inevitable – instinctual – sense of renewal and regeneration. From breaking down borders to build a bi-national park, soundwaves that regenerate bone and pre-fab building...
by Kathlene McGovern | Mar 28, 2022 | Happy Headlines
We all spent more than a year trying to help the kids in our lives learn from our living rooms and if we didn’t know it before the pandemic, we certainly know it now – it takes talent, passion, and a whole lot of love to dedicate your life to being a teacher. From...
by Kathlene McGovern | Mar 10, 2022 | Featured, Pets
Kathlene McGovern shares Part 1 of this 2 part series on how to best travel with your pets. February-March. Just long enough after the new year that the wind in the sails of our January goals has petered out, and too long before the daffodils and cherry blossoms will...
by Kathlene McGovern | Feb 22, 2022 | Happy Headlines
The musical The Pajama Game, adapted from the Richard Bissel novel 7 ½ cents, is about, well, the game of running a pajama factory: production, labor costs, strikes and, of course, love. At the top of the show is a jaunty production number complete with brightly...
by Kathlene McGovern | Jan 24, 2022 | Happy Headlines
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep…” These words, written by William James, who is considered the father of American psychology, seem especially profound in light of the last two years. Something we all know for certain...
by Kathlene McGovern | Dec 23, 2021 | Featured, Happy Headlines
In the immortal words of J.T. – “when you feel the good, good creepin’ up on you,” the only thing left to do is “dance, dance, dance… come on.” It’s an undeniable fact that humans love to shake what their Mamas gave them. We bet you’ve been to an office party or two...
by Kathlene McGovern | Nov 25, 2021 | Featured, Happy Headlines
The news is chock-a-block full of headlines about our differences and divisiveness and the timeless lyrics Ben E. King has sung for generations, “I won’t be afraid/Just as long as you stand by, stand by me…” sometimes feel like a melancholy remembrance of things...
by Kathlene McGovern | Nov 21, 2021 | Expert Advice
As we talk about ‘transitions” this month, here are some tips on how to use transitions in writing. Writing’s Connector Roads Look at any map – or GPS screen – and you’ll see thousands of little blue lines, connector roads, marrying larger highways to one...
by Kathlene McGovern | Oct 25, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
“Being an inhabitant almost in every garden, it is so well known, it needs no description.” ~ Lavender and John Gerard (Herball 1597) For centuries herbalists, healers, writers, even saints (hello, Hildegard of Bingham) have extolled the benefits of lavender for...
by Kathlene McGovern | Oct 21, 2021 | Happy Headlines
Einstein had some grave warnings about technology – what would happen once it exceeded our humanity. And considering how often we’re inundated with stories on big data, manipulated data, corrupted data, not to mention hearings on Capitol Hill and documentaries that...
by Kathlene McGovern | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured, Happy Headlines
The forces of nature have fascinated humans since… well since there have been humans. Our respect for, defense of, curiosity about and kindness to nature in all its mystery are the great pleasures of existence. Whether it’s scientists conserving a rare species or...
by Kathlene McGovern | Oct 21, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Featured
Going to college can be a huge part of coming of age. A rite of passage that’s challenging even in a person’s teens and twenties. But returning to college when you’re in your thirties, forties or on the precipice of joining AARP is a whole other ballgame. The highs...
by Kathlene McGovern | Apr 28, 2019 | Education, Featured, Guest Writers
~ Guest Writer, Kathlene Mc Govern ~ That one weird ostrich on a delightful little chicken farm A couple years ago I went back to college so I can say without equivocation nothing will make you feel more ancient than your lab partner skateboarding by you in a tube...
