Today at the Detroit Rotary luncheon, our speaker inquired as to what my business is, and when I mentioned that I publish Natural Awakenings magazine she gave my very favorite reply: “I love that magazine!” We’ve just recently celebrated our second anniversary issue and I am continually delighted to note more and more positive sentiments […]

This year the Rotary Club of Detroit celebrated it’s 100th anniversary, and while serving as the club president, I got the chance to attend the Rotary District 6400 conference near Chicago and the home of Rotary International. A Rotary District is a group of about 50 local Rotary clubs for a specific geographic region, and […]

Our Women’s Wellness theme this month inspired lots of great articles, including one on natural childbirth choices. Reading them has brought back lots of memories for me. Both my kids are in their twenties now, and they were both born in a hospital, but I did choose natural childbirth with no drugs. I had wanted […]

This month marks our 2nd anniversary publishing Natural Awakenings for Wayne County, and I am astounded at what an amazing experience it has been.  I am blessed to work with such an awesome group of people.  I have a tremendous amount of gratitude for all the local businesses and advertisers who help us reach more […]

Daffodils are one of my favorite spring flowers. My mom always loved them too. When bunches of daffodils were for sale at the grocery store, she would buy them as a special treat for herself. My own love affair with daffodils began at the end of an especially difficult winter. I was trudging out through […]

When you choose to live in Michigan year around, you just don’t let a little bit of snow slow you down. Oh, we might moan and groan a bit, but the bottom line is that if it was really all that bad we wouldn’t choose to live here, right? Personally, I love the change of […]