St. Patrick’s Day traditionally is a day that we celebrate luck. It’s often accompanied by sayings such as The Luck of the Irish, Irish Blessings and stories about St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland back in the day. So how do these traditions apply to our relationships and this holiday?

Do you believe in ghosts and vampires? How about love and romance that endures for a century? If you’re looking for a newly released mid-summer beach romance, you may want to check this one out. Available online - in paperback and digital formats.

Has lying become so much a part of our culture that people don’t realize that it’s still not acceptable behavior? Serial Liar isn’t a title that one should aspire to own. Yet telling lies, fibs, etc. has become so prevalent there's even a TV series on how to recognize liars like Repeater Cheaters.

What would we do without all the song lyrics and cliché sayings that we all know and love? Sometimes they hit home and other times they're not precisely accurate when you hear them. Is your summertime living easy or do you need a workaround or two?

Life seems to run in seasons and cycles. Of course there are the four seasons of winter, summer, spring and fall. There are the cycles of the moon. There are seasons that revolve around specific sports. And unfortunately there is Tax Season. But what does that have to do with personal relationships?

August is a month with no really significant holiday so what better time is there to create your own special holiday at a beach of your choice. Having a holiday at the beach at anytime is an enjoyable adventure. Allow yourself to relax and to JUST BE.

What is it about some men that makes them think it's OK to behave like such dogs? Rewind - that's demeaning to dogs who love a caring owner till the day that one of them dies. So, what is it about some men that makes them think its OK to be a promiscuous scumbag - a slithering snake in the grass?

It seems to me that relationships would proceed much more smoothly if everyone involved would say what they mean and mean what they say. Too often, especially in new relationships both sides of the equation say what they think the other person wants to hear.

A rose is a beautiful thing. It has a wonderful fragrance and beautiful colored petals. Yet everyone knows that if you’re not careful when you pick a rose you can get pricked by a thorn. Looks can be deceiving. Choosing who you spend time with can be a lot like picking flowers.

There are all kinds of rivalries. Some are healthy and some are not but they definitely exist. There are rivalries between siblings, between partners, between guys for girls and girls for guys, between cities like Pittsburgh and Baltimore and between teams like the Steelers and the Ravens and so on.