By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell January 1, 1997: Jardin Ellery Cassell is born! A new life begins! Yayyyy!!!! August 5, 2020: Jardin Ellery Cassell leaves our home to start her own. A…
BLOG: Moving Right Along
My Husband has Blue Hair
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell It’s true. My husband now has blue hair. Don’t get me wrong, though. It’s not that weird ‘old lady blue hair’ from the 70s. This is blatantly…
Technically Alone, Yet Technically Together
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell I’ve been doing women’s events for 11 years. Five for Girlfriendz Magazine (the magazine I created and ran for seven years) and six for Franks & Beans…
The Case Against Social Distancing
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Six-feet apart is still the order of the day, as we watch COVID-19 cases and death counts heartbreakingly mount. But must we call what we are doing…
A Really Nice Prison
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell The joke about COVID-19—and there are many—is that family pets all around the world, got together and orchestrated the pandemic to be sure their humans would stay…
How our Pets are Affected by the Coronavirus
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell COVID-19 doesn’t just affect humans. It touches our pets, too. For those of us sheltering in place, self-quarantining or in isolation, while making deals with God in…
When Jewelry Makes You Feel Soooo Gooood
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Jewelry is like chicken soup. It can cure all ills. But even if it doesn’t, it still couldn’t hoit to have some. When we wear jewelry adorned…
To Fart or Not to Fart
When is it okay to start farting in a relationship? By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Because I’m a blogger, I receive press releases from different companies. With Valentine’s Day on the horizon,…
Are You Conflicted by Your Birthday?
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell I’m not asking, “Are you dreading getting one year older,” because aging beats the alternative. I’m asking, “Do you like your birth date—the day on the calendar…
Have a Headache? Grab a Potato!
By Margaret Phillips, Guest Blogger (See below for more about Margaret) When we eat the correct amounts of fruits and veggies each day, it helps stabilize our emotional and physical…
Does Your Dog Have a Middle Name?
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell It was a simple enough question, posed on our South Jersey Girls Who Wanna Have Fun closed Facebook group. “Does your dog (or cat) have a middle…
Sometimes, what goes around comes around. Twice.
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell I have always been, and always will be, a Barbie Girl. My collection started with a hand-me-down Barbie and her sparse wardrobe. She had a long blonde…
Numerology: Your Life’s Personal GPS Navigation System
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Are you in a problematic relationship? Are you feeling stuck in your life, but have no idea how to move forward? Are you wondering why you’re here…
I’m Laying it on the Line
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell The time has come to lay it on the line. Some of you will agree with me, some will not. Some might consider unsubscribing from my newsletter,…
Every Woman Has a Story. Every Woman Has Power. The Power is in Her Story.
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell As I’ve mentioned in past blog posts, one of my philosophies is, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Well, that’s exactly what three local women business…
Resolving Our Fear
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Fear. We all face it. Maybe your Achilles’ heel is elevators. Maybe it’s public speaking. Or fear of bugs or snakes, or worse–fear of not fitting into…
10 Tips for Starting Over (Again)
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell Vella Mbenna understands life challenges and starting over, first hand. “When you’ve just gone through a personal crisis, it’s normal to feel hopeless, lost, and maybe even…
Periwinkle? Seriously?
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell First, let me start with an apology. I’m sure by now that just about everyone on earth knows that my sister Molly and I are colorblind, so…
You look Mah-velous! But how do you feel?
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell In the 80s, on “Saturday Night Live,” Billy Crystal made famous this observation: “It’s not how you feel, it’s how you look, and you look “Mah-velous.” Funny,…
The Empty Chair
By Tobi Schwartz-Cassell I wrote “The Empty Chair” for the December 2005 issue of my magazine, Girlfriendz. I have since heard the term used, but from my quick research, I see…