Walking medical miracles, that’s what we are

September 2, 2026
Thirty years ago most people my age might be dead. 40 years ago, they would be. It's a miracle that so many of us are still walking around. Pacemakers.  Ablations.  Fake knees, hips, shoulders.  Chemo. radiation. And men seem to have a harder time than women, maybe because they spent...

Who you are

February 7, 2017
This is the truth. Or, as they used to say, "Word!" Maybe we just assumed we'd be....fill in the blank. Maybe it's what our parents wanted for us. Maybe we thought...

How to succeed on the Whole 30

February 6, 2017
So what's the Whole 30? It's a 30-day clean eating plan that eliminates all dairy, grains and sugar from your diet. It's a way to truly detox without taking any...

Spiritual cleansing

February 3, 2017
I'll be back from school in Virginia Beach over the weekend. This is the last of the guest posts that have been running in my absence. And here's one on spiritual...

Eve of destruction

February 2, 2017

Easy, healthy favorite recipes

February 1, 2017
Who doesn't like an easy recipe that tastes delicious and is actually good for us? And who doesn't have favorite recipes? While I'm away at school, I thought I'd...

Boost your blog traffic NOW

January 31, 2017
Are you using social media to drive traffic to your blog and not getting the results you hoped for? Do you read everything you can find about increasing blog traffic...

Don’t say this to a friend with breast cancer

January 30, 2017
It's hard to know what to say to a friend who's just heard a cancer diagnosis.  Ronna Benjamin gets that--she has breast cancer and she's heard it all. So she's come up...

Boomer reading

January 28, 2017
It's that time again: a group of us who love boomer blogging are doing our thing with content that anyone can enjoy--even if you're not a Baby Boomer. Adventures in...

Dumbing down of America

January 27, 2017
"I'd kill for my kids," she told me once.  "They've always been my priority." They have nothing to do with her, any longer, though, because she was never their mom:...

Sizing women’s clothing today

January 26, 2017
As a woman of Sicilian descent and the corresponding womanly figure, I have noticed a disturbing trend in women's clothing. It's a lot smaller than it used to be. Not...

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