Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.

I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.

Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. I want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.