Healthy choices can combat holiday season stressors
“Honey, what’s wrong, you seem out of sorts …” he said. “Nothing is wrong, dear, it’s just that it’s Christmas,” she replied. One would think, obviously erroneously, that after 45…
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It may not cure melancholy, but a good stretch has many benefits
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, Elf Are you a singer? Of course you are! Just as I believe…
Clutter in all its forms & fashions is stressful
“For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned.” – Benjamin Franklin When considering my topic this time I wavered on whether to discuss “organizing” at such a busy time…
Define your own style . . . it’s far more important than chasing fashion trends
“Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever… It’s about something else that comes from within you.” – Ralph Lauren I…
Supplements are not The Jetsons meal pills . . . that was a cartoon
“I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as…
Stress? YES! Let’s have less
“The world we have created today is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – commonly attributed to Albert Einstein Show of hands, please…
Don’t forget fellow Americans who need help after Hurricane Helene
“The little town that rocks.” – tagline from the Black Mountain, N.C., website This column is not my usual outreach to you, dear Readers, to assist you in reaching your…
Changing your diet to fit the season
“It was a beautiful, bright autumn day with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.” – Diana Gabaldon, Outlander Let’s talk about seasonal eating,…
Retiring to someplace other than the recliner
“At daybreak, when loath to rise, bear this thought in mind: I am rising for a man’s work.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, c. 170 I am anticipating that, of course,…
All you need is the air that you breathe
“If you know the art of breathing you have the wisdom and courage of ten tigers.” – Chinese adage Breathing … if you are reading this you are most assuredly…