Three high-protein desserts that actually taste good

October 23, 2025
If you're trying to get more protein into your day, desserts might not be the first place you look—but it's certainly a fun way to add protein! Whether you’re trying to keep blood sugar steady, build strength, or just stay fuller longer, protein plays a key role. Here are three high-protein...

Is it too early to celebrate springtime?

March 9, 2025
Spring is just around the corner! I keep telling myself that, as I sit in our hometown of Rochestesr, NY looking at the remants of some big snowstorms and expecting...

Wabi sabi, kemo sabe

March 4, 2025
If I've read one thing about wabi sabi, I've read a hundred in the past five or six years. It's a popular concept found in many forms of Japanese art. Oh, you...

The day I realized I was not a god

February 25, 2025
I have a god complex. I admit it. I think I know what's best and --if it's something that really matters--- I am not going to be shy about trying to make it...

Have you found effective coping strategies for this new yea

February 19, 2025
Given the state of our world, checking in seems to be appropriate. How are we all doing? How are we coping?  And what coping strategies work (or don't work) for...

How do you mend a broken heart?

February 18, 2025
"Love even when it means searching for your heart knowing it may cower and can be broken sometimes feeling it will mend. Knowing it will mend." My...

How to come from the heart in these dark times

February 14, 2025
These are difficult days for many of us. Don't know about you, but my soul needs some calming. I was thinking that a heart-centered meditation might be just...

A How-To Guide for Getting Older

February 11, 2025
Getting older comes upon us suddenly. Creeping up on little cat's feet, you might say. With apologies to poet Carl Sandberg. One day the future looks endless and...

How dangerous is Chat GPT?

February 5, 2025
Continuing where I left off with yesterday's post, in which I had asked Chat GPT to write a blog post for me: Imagine a world where all writing and the "thinking"...

The terrifying power of Chat GPT

February 4, 2025
A few years ago a friend suggested I let AI write my blog. A non-writer friend. Who obviously had no idea that writing for writers is a means of self expression,...

How to use fashion, food, fiesta and family as coping mech...

February 2, 2025
I'm back east, in snowy western New York state. Haven't seen a cardinal yet, but sure would like to....they represent hope during turmoil. But never fear: Our...

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