All the Things

I love practical and useful, a blog should never be this life is glorious, period. I like pictures without make up and days we don’t shower, or we wear the same comfy clothes from the day before. ...

Stain Removal 101 & A Small Miracle

Stain Removal 101

What do I say to Frank Zappa?

After the cataract surgery

A few weeks ago, I had cataract surgery, first one eye, then two weeks later the next. Before you have surgery, everyone that knows someone who has had that surgery weighs in, and the consensus is ...

More Gift Guides!

I have small business friends; we support each other, go into the weeds with marketing, and they, not I, talk spreadsheets. I love helping them this time of year, and a few of you have asked me for...

The Friday that is hard

Black Friday was hard for Heartfelt. I would call my friend Hugh and say, "no one was in the store; this year is bad." He would say, "it's early." And I would feel comforted and go back in until I...

Hail the Snail Mail unboxing on HI Noel

Hail the Snail Mail was featured on the HI Noel YouTube channel last week with an "unboxing" of the September, October and November subscription packages. You can watch the video below. It is so fu...

What do I regret?

I was asked on a Live Instagram with Coach Kate Blake last week, "What do I regret most?" or "What would I have done differently?" ,,, this was a spontaneous question, and my answer came up immedia...

Giving Gives Agency

We offer a subscription because cards are time-consuming to buy; when you need one, you usually need it right then. I have access to beautiful cards that one might not find in one shop, and each mo...

We drove from Nashville to LA and here is where we stopped!

I drove with my daughter across the country last week and here are our stops. Nashville Hot chicken---Hattie B’s! I recommend the Medium, but we did try Hot! We did not try Shut the cluck up! Walk...