St Francis Bay freelance journalist Beth Cooper Howell takes a look at life in Woman on Top, her weekly lifestyle column for The Herald
A ‘nature fix’ is a powerful antidote for the fear that creeps in
LeisureThe natural world is, quite frankly, unimaginably powerful.
Is punctuation coming to a full stop?
LeisureUsing a full stop in an instant message after “fine”, when your lover has just cancelled on you and ruined an ...
Why swearing under your breath isn’t always a bad thing
LeisureResearchers reportedly have found that swearing, done in the heat of the moment, may actually have a cathartic effect — ...
Patience is power, not passivity or resignation
LeisureI married well. More than a decade of marriage and umpteen years of official togetherness is likely to evolve along ...
Here's why adults need swings and beach buckets too
LeisureIn the novel The Fault in Our Stars, heroine Hazel experiences a deep nostalgia for the childhood freedom and comfort ...
Tricks on how to extricate oneself from an association with a narcissist
LeisureIronically, I have known narcissists who are quite oblivious that their observation about “other people’s selfishness” ...
Beneath my sunshine attitude lies a worrywart
LeisureIt’s said that the acid test of a strong person is the way she or he reacts to losing keys or luggage — the greater the ...
Unpretentious poet Walter Fossdiscovered one of life’s secrets
Leisure“ ... let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.” More than two decades ago, a dear ...
When the universe directs kindness your way
LeisureThis is a true story about a lady named Grace, but it is also a tale of grace.