New Findings about Possible Dementia Risk Reduction Without fail, for the last few decades, every time the November / December time frame is upon us, I find myself saying “oh no, I haven’t completed my Continuing Education (CE) requirements yet.” Every January I swear I will do it ‘sooner this year’, but so far … Read more
I suspect it is fair to say that most of my readers have been privileged ENOUGH to have owned or played a musical instrument somewhere along the path of their lives. Sometimes privilege doesn’t even come into play. Sometimes it is the opposite. Case in point. I often prefer driving back roads. I remember one … Read more
MICRO POST As a recent transplant to Southern Oregon, I am amazed by this lovely area where nature walks and hikes abound. You can ruminate beside quick moving waters or contemplate under large looming pines. A myriad of botanicals grow here, but you still have to actually stop to smell those proverbial roses. It occurred … Read more
When Tinkerbell is dying and Peter Pan asks all children to clap their hands if they believe in fairies, I can’t quite resist clapping my hands. It’s not like the cowardly lion’s fearful exclamation of ‘I do, I do, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks.’ Instead it symbolizes a hopeful joy that … Read more
In a previous post entitled ‘My Baker’s Dozen Safety Check-off List’ I left out one of my favorite tips. I mentioned the need to take steps to prevent food poisoning, but not a good solution. Equally important to preventing food poisoning may be removing pesticides on our produce (all fruits and vegetables). Food poisoning is … Read more
– GMO being only one Last year in Oregon there was a state initiative to demand labeling of GMO (genetically modified organism) products. It failed, but only after a razor-thin result which demanded an automatic recount. Most of the small farmers, along with the environmentalists and health advocates, supported the ban, but did not … Read more