(R) Blog

It's the start of a new week, friends, and we are finally getting our energy back after the rounds of entertaining, celebrating and hosting family. How about you? We always enjoy fresh starts at th...

Unless you are a barista, currently work in a coffeehouse, or have coffee equipment that costs half as much as your car, chances are your home coffee may not taste as good as your morning cup at th...

Caught in the crossfire between your Republican spouse and your liberal grandson or other relative? Finding the dinner conversation a bit too hot to handle? Here are some ways to return to “civil d...

If you’re savvy, you already know that resolutions don’t work, but goals do. Resolutions usually fizzle out a couple of weeks in, but goals, when done right, can lead to life-changing results. Her...

I love the days before Christmas when the hustle and bustle turns to celebration and gathering. It is the time of the calm, the silent nights, holy nights. In those sacred moments, Americans gather...

Late Christmas morning always finds us gathering for Christmas Brunch with our extended family. In the early years, it was difficult to get our little ones away from their stockings and toys in ord...

Christmas is racing toward us at a breakneck pace! And with it comes the traditions we love: cookie baking, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer on the television, Christmas Trains and houses covered in ...

“The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.” –Hubert H. Humphrey There was a time and place in America when people took time to actually know their neighbo...

Did you know that the iconic coffee break wasn’t really a “thing” until 1952? In that year the Pan-American Coffee Bureau began to create an association between drinking coffee and high productivit...