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
After I kept a list of things learned last year (for 2015) I found it fun to log such new facts and ideas. My list may be very different than your own might be, but hopefully some of my dozen may be candidates for your list too. Truth be told, it turned out there was … Read more
Note: To lighten reading – and writing – loads during this month of doubtless numerous activities, this is my one special post to you. I will ‘see’ you again in the New Year. Interviewing Shirley B. Of late, an inspiration hit me. I don’t have many relatives on ‘my side’ of the family and certainly … Read more
For various reasons, this Thanksgiving will be stressful for me. Many find it that way every year; family battles at the TG dining table are ubiquitous. Conversely, there is a thoughtful, positive side to the holiday. Thanksgiving time often brings to mind exactly what it is supposed to – things for which we are grateful. … 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