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I found a very old journal recently that had a writing exercise that made me take notice.  The initial objective was to write a description of your perfect day sometime far in the future when you are ‘old’.  My first response was to laugh at what I then thought was old.  After the initial writing, […]

My newly invigorated goal to have more community has really made me evaluate how to make a new friend.  How do I best demonstrate kindness to turn an acquaintance into a friend?  The Golden Rule says we should do for others what we want them to do for us.  What I want is a convivial

I read, take classes and watch a lot of videos about nutrition and healthy lifestyles to ensure I stay on track.  I also study my Bible, attend church regularly, read devotional materials and attend Bible studies to keep my Spirit tuned UP.  But here’s the thing, I’ve finally admitted I’m a bit of a closet

Something Albert Einstein once wrote to his friend Otto Juliusburger inspired me. “People like you and me, though mortal, of course, like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live.  What I mean is that we never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were

When I was ten-years-old, we moved back to Prescott, Arizona and away from the lush garden, fruit trees and road side produce stands that provided the bulk of our diet in the San Joaquin Valley.  We also bought our first television set and suddenly Saturday mornings were all about cartoons.  My favorite was Popeye and

Have you ever thought about how many things you grew up believing that you now know are untrue?  You don’t have to go back to bloodletting days to see how far science has come.  In the early 1900’s we believed radioactive drinks had healing properties and heroin was sold as a cough suppressant FOR CHILDREN! 

When I was a small child, I was lucky enough to be poor.  So, we ate a lot of fresh vegetables from our garden, fruit from trees in the back yard, eggs from the chicken coop, fish from the freezer that Dad had caught in a stream, meat from hunting trips and dairy from a

Exercise, the very word conjures up a bad experience for me.  As a child I loved cruising on my yellow Schwinn and won neighborhood contests for the longest hula hoop sessions.  As a pre-teen, I never sat still and developed a weird attraction to Jack Lalane that was followed by a disdain for calisthenics at

I didn’t do myself a lot of favors in the beginning of my quest to change our diets.  I thought I needed to cook every meal from scratch and I soon became exhausted.  Then we would ‘cheat’ by eating something not really legal although it was still vegan.  Finally, I realized I couldn’t keep up

Did you know that most of the drugs we currently use in the practice of modern medicine were derived from or copied from herbs, spices and plants.  Before doctors or drug stores, every culture had its healers, medicine women or grandmothers who administered special teas, tinctures or rubs drawn from the earth’s bounty to cure