Blog – Page 9 – Alayne White

A Wake Up Call

On my birthday this year, March 15th, I jumped into the Atlantic Ocean. I am not sure what the pull was that seemed to command this cold plunge, bu...

Mother's Day Gifts (Not What You Think)

Inundated with emails about the best Mother’s Day Gifts? What to buy to tell the mothers in your lives that they are “the best mother ever?” As muc...

Happy Mother's Day

My new book, Life Cycling, is filled with short glimpses into the many moving parts of female life, from my perspective anyway. Menopause, Dieting,...

Rock and Roll

When I was growing up, rock and roll was THE MUSIC. Led Zeppelin belting out Stairway to Heaven for that glorious eight minutes. Lynyrd Skynyrd sin...

What Does Aging Skin Mean?

The only people that should be talking about about aging skin are the people who are really aging. I don’t know about you out there, but it is hard...

Spring Time Clean

The other day, I hired my favorite organizer, Lisa Griffith, to come over to my business and help give me a fresh perspective on where to put all o...

Two women, standing in front of East Bay Food Pantry. One woman smiling and holding a book with her picture on it. The other smiling holding a check. Text on the side of the picture that reads "I. like charitable people".

I Like Charitable People

Many years ago when books on tape first started hitting the market, I purchased one from the Queen of beautiful voices, Maya Angelou. Some writers ...

Babies and More Babies

The lightbulb went off when I spoke to my dear friend, Shelly who owns a highly successful boutique and salon in the Chicago area. She has kept me ...

Gardening Delight

As soon as the first sighting of a bright red cardinal shows up in my line of vision in the tree in my backyard, I am ready for some seed planting....

Foot Soaking and Manicures

I don’t have a bathtub, only a shower. I live in a house built in 1865 yet there is no old school cast iron free standing tub I would have hoped fo...

Two Years Later- COVID and small business

Two Years Later and Yes, We Are Open

I can’t believe that two years ago March 14, 2020, I, like nearly every other business, closed my business while I anxiously waited to learn my fut...

I Wrote A Book

There I said it. Let me say it again. I wrote a book. I am proud of this accomplishment. I will squelch the little voice inside that wants to take ...