I love the small steps I can take in life to improve myself or decrease risks of ill health and injury. Let me rephrase that: I love them only when they are small. The smaller, the better. Teeny, best. This does not mean that I don’t attempt more significant changes, but success with the more … Read more
I have always liked variety in my life. It’s a major reason that this blog is not concentrated strictly on one subject, or one way to age with pizzazz. To mix things up a bit, I thought you might like to read an assortment of ideas from different professionals. Many of them are local to … Read more
“No more houseplants,” I emphatically declared when I relocated a couple years ago. I didn’t want to be bothered with their maintenance. I was moving to a place with considerably lush landscaping compared to where I had lived in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is despite the fact that the Valley of the Sun (encompassing Scottsdale, Phoenix … Read more
If I asked what sense declines with age, I would wager that the last response I would receive from my readers is ‘common sense.’ Pretty much everyone on this blog would agree that common sense increases over the age of 50. Perchance, it even increases on a forward trajectory curve – nearly straight up. Certainly … Read more
On a startlingly clear summer night several weeks ago, I was enjoying an outdoor grilling with friends on an upper-story deck overlooking mountains, with birds flitting in the trees next to us and a breeze providing the perfect temperature after an uncomfortably hot day. Following a lovely dinner, a bottle of wine and a bit … Read more
Oprah loves bread! How do I know? She stars in a TV commercial in which she says so. A Saturday-Night-Live skit imitating the commercial reinforces it. Yes, everyone knows that Oprah loves bread. I love bread too. So, did recent studies make our day brighter or bum us out a bit? The answer? Yes! Or … Read more