It's OK to let your children see you cry.

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.

A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

Over prepare, then go with the flow.