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
Does this sound somewhat familiar? You enter a doctor’s office for the first time; you look around awkwardly. You are handed a clipboard with numerous forms on it (unless you were instructed to fill them out electronically from home). There could be a big bad surprise in that pile of……………..forms. Typically, people don’t LIKE going … Read more
A party-neutral exploration. Under the ‘live and learn’ category, I had a recent eye-opening discovery myself. While it was something I had HEARD before, I never quite put the historical 2 + 2 together. Humorous too that it was in the political realm, to which I pay quite a bit of attention. A couple weeks … Read more
I have a close friend who hates the word ‘happy’ and rather detests being asked if she is happy. “It’s like a trick question” she once told me. Yet, I know another man who adamantly insists that no matter what his mood changes are, he KNOWS that ‘happiness’ is the same as contentment (pure and … Read more