The Five Senses book and Happier app I mentioned here have been occupying much of my mind lately as I explore how to make the day to day life here in NOLA a…

I received a short prompt in the Happier app to give me a little boost today, and here it is: Spend five minutes thinking about the scents associated with your favorite holiday. First,…

In the airport on the way home from a business trip, I came across the book “Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the…

On Mother’s Day I decide to go to Whole Foods to buy enough flowers to fill vases all through the house. I usually go there to buy a tiny $10.00 clutch of posies…

We went to jazz fest last Sunday. We brought camp chairs this time and parked at the Fais Do Do stage all day. Jazz Fest is set up at the 145 acre racetrack…