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The Age of Technology: Blessing or Curse?
By Karen Gates We live in the Technology Age. Just look around and you cannot help but see an electronic device in operation. I am old...
Thrive Detroit
Aug 19, 20153 min read


Father’s Day
I check my watch, weighing the time. Just enough minutes to get in my morning walk before I have to shower and leave to get my mother....
Thrive Detroit
Jun 12, 20143 min read


Shopping for Furniture: Prepare for the Holidays Now
After a long hot summer, we are finally getting those cooler nights and shorter days that signal the inevitable fall and winter. Kids are...
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Oct 28, 20123 min read


The Art of the Twenty-Four Hour Vacation
My husband and I have atypical days off from most folks- I’m off on Wednesday and Friday, he’s off Fridays and Saturdays. While I’m glad...
Thrive Detroit
Oct 20, 20123 min read


Nine Steps to a Healthy “You Can” Lifestyle Attitude
Changing your lifestyle seems like a difficult thing. You may have tried it countless times and seem destined for failure. Be...
Thrive Detroit
Oct 13, 20122 min read


Mixing Colors and Styles in Home Décor
For a while, the buzzword in design has been “eclectic,” but what does that really mean? And how do you get the look without making a...
Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read


Take it Outside
Ahh…Summer has arrived! We drive with our car windows down; lounge on our porches after work, and look forward to the sunshine and the...
Thrive Detroit
Aug 3, 20123 min read


Homemade Beauty Products for Natural Beauty
Instead of the usual articles about Detroit’s resurgence, the City’s cultural scene, or urban farming and gardening, I want broach a...
Thrive Detroit
Jul 25, 20122 min read



