What could be more boring than doing the same thing the same way every day? If you get up at the same time, put your feet into the same slippers which are, you guessed it, in the same place, have the same fruit salad, and the same cereal day after… Read More »How a Routine Can Help You Sleep, Feel, and Live Better!
It creeps up on us. One moment we are living vigorously, opening jars, reaching for things on the top shelf, and yes, even arm wrestling our grandchildren, and the next moment, we can’t get out of a chair. I’ve always been aware of maintaining my muscle mass, supplementing daily activities… Read More »Sarcopenia—a fancy word for Muscle Mass decline. Here’s what you need to know!
Let’s face it, retirement is great for individuals, giving people freedom to be at home pursuing their interests, after years of being harnessed to a job, but the togetherness that retirement brings may not be so good for marriages. Suddenly, especially if two partners retire at the same time,… Read More »The Pitfalls of Too Much Togetherness After Retirement
You might not be aware of it, but somewhere in the back of your mind, or in your kitchen junk drawer, or in a folder marked “Things to do”, you have a bucket list —most everyone does. I actually don’t like the name, “bucket list”, which is a term for… Read More »Your Bucket List—the Key to Fulfillment or a Distraction from Real Life?
It should come as no surprise, given the topics I write about, that I am more than a little fixated on the news. I like knowing what is going on in the world—the news has always been a backdrop to my day. But this year, the news has been depressing,… Read More »With Democracy and Decency at Risk, Is Now the Time for a Hero?
I am a very nostalgic person. I have a collection of old pictures of family and friends I’ve known throughout my life close at hand, and view them often. I listen to music that takes me back to previous times. I even visit places I’ve lived in during the past,… Read More »What’s Wrong with Living in the Past? Some Things You May Want to Know
I grew up knowing the meaning of propaganda, it was a term applied in the 1950s, to actions by Communist China and Russia to confuse the public and destabilize facts. Using repetition of slogans, through rallies, pamphlets and posters, those totalitarian governments demanded that their people be compliant, and obedient,… Read More »Propaganda, Lies and Fake News—How We Are Forced to Sort Fact from Fiction
Just when you thought the decluttering craze was overcrowded with experts, in comes another contender. This time, it’s a young Japanese woman who has taken social media by storm. Her name is Marie Kondo and though she appears to weigh about 100 pounds, she is a heavy hitter, with a… Read More »And Now, for Something Entirely Different (and Radical) in Decluttering
I grew up in the Canadian North, where all summer long, my sisters and I played outside in the sunshine, without a worry in the world about what those long hours in the sun would be doing to our skin. My mother didn’t worry either, she was happy not to… Read More »How Sunshine Affects Us—the Good and the Bad
Many people are fascinated with predictions of their longevity. And since scientists are always peeking under the hood to see how things tick, it’s natural for them to gravitate to the subject of aging as well. Recently, a team of scientists at the Salk Institute, on their way to discover… Read More »Predictions about your longevity—do you really want to know?
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