Thanksgiving Remembrance

This Thanksgiving is bittersweet in our family. We have so much to be thankful for–truly too many things to count. However, our Thanksgiving table is one person short this year, having recently lost the matriarch of my fatherโ€™s family, our beloved Yiayia. Yiayia was an 

Ruly Ruth: Name Drawing and Holiday Gift Planning

With the recession, in my opinion, still in full swing, money’s tight and the economy’s barely holding steady, it’s time to look at Christmas lists. More importantly, looking at alternatives to gifting for everyone on that list. My sisters and I a few years ago 

Ruly Ruth’s Communication Style

How we communicate with others has changed drastically in my 37 years. As a little girl, we hand wrote thank you notes to our relatives for their extremely generous gifts. In college, email was starting up, and we emailed professors and fellow students and in 

Ruly Ruth on Fall 2010 Women’s Fashion Trends

I have trouble keeping up with the latest fashion trends, perhaps because I live in Washington where the trend is not to follow any trends. In the last few years, trends have been harder for me to spot and any trends seem especially short-lived. Remember 

Ruly Ruth: Car Status!

Vroom Vrooom!! The hours spent on the carpet playing Matchbox cars with my son…and how we all grow up eventually and want….A CAR! Cars can be magical, practical, necessary, beautiful, sexy, huge, over-the-top crazy…..all sorts. And they can be multipurpose: show cars, race cars, minivans,