Hi Reader, You know what to do to prevent getting sick this winter, right? ✔️ Keep warm ✔️ Eat healthy ✔️ Wear a mask around sick people ✔️ Wash your hands frequently Those are relatively easy, well-known precautions. But what do you do to ward off low energy, a dismal mood, or becoming a hermit when the temperatures dip and it’s dark by 4:00pm? The truth is: you already know how to do this. Surviving long nights and cold days is built in your DNA. But modern life—rigid schedules, hectic...

Hi Reader, A lot of my time is spent reading. As a writer, it’s my ethical and professional responsibility to read other writers. Thank goodness I love it. Reading allows me to explore the voices of many writers on multiple platforms. There are folks I follow on Medium and Substack, Facebook, in The Sun magazine, and in books. I learn about the power of the written word from the format they use, their style, phrasing, and the themes they write about. One of the writers I’ve been following for...

Hi Reader, Whenever we roll into October, three things come to my mind: How long can I wait to turn on the heat? (yesterday, it turns out) Did I finish off last year’s Halloween candy yet? (nope, still some Snickers to go!) The season of sun and harvests is coming to an end and the magic of Samhain is near 🌘 (boo and yay!) In honor of the cross-quarter day between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice (Samhain, October 31), and in preparation for the coming months of short days and cold...