Back in the day before cell phones and email, I wrote my family a letter every week – except in two circumstances. If I was too busy, my letter would be delayed. If I was unhappy I would postpone my letter, because I would rather write happy news. The same thing has happened the first […]

February is the American Heart Association’s Heart Health Month, and there is an additional Go Red for Women push that specifically emphasizes women’s heart health. Our community participates in the Women’s Heart Health Day with a luncheon and a 5 K run. This year, the Line Dancing Class I participate in was invited to perform […]

Twice in the past year or so I have done blogs about how poor health may be related to sitting. Since then, I have made an effort to get up once an hour, even when I am involved in a detailed computer project, and move around. I keep a list of chores and short projects […]

Fluoride has been a hot button issue with me for 30 years – probably more. I remember being disappointed after my first child was born when my doctor (who I respected) told me to give him fluoride drops but not vitamins. I remember getting in the fight to keep fluoride out of the city where […]

If I went back over the 11 years I have been blogging, I bet I would find a blog every year about Holiday eating. When I woke up this morning, something else on my mind that I wanted to blog about. But here I am revisiting this subject again. If posts on the Forum are […]

When we booked our trip, my Honorable Husband was having serious digestive problems and was still on a gluten and dairy free diet. I called the airline to ask about getting meals for special diets, and they didn’t have any trouble at all signing us both up for gluten free and dairy free. Oh my! […]

Before I write my last blog about our trip to the Alps, I want to share about the single best day of the trip. We’ll see what BTD applications turn up. HH and I spent three days in the Alps in 1987. As we rode into Switzerland on the train, the views of the mountains […]

I had a preconceived idea about how Europeans ate. After a couple of days, I realized that most of what I thought was wrong. I knew that Europeans are much more serious about recycling than we are in America. I knew that Europeans are serious about fuel economy. They drive smaller cars; they ride bicycles […]

Before we left on our trip I did some serious thinking about how to minimize jetlag. In traveling from time zone to time zone in the US, I’ve found that the best thing to do is immediately reset my watch and go on the new time for meals and sleep. Friends who do lots of […]