The Administration for Community Living explains the concept behind the designation of November as National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM) as a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an opportunity to raise awareness...
“The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We don’t even have to shame ourselves for...
Recent research reveals our brains produce a type of waste associated with a natural activation of our biochemical pathways. Thus, the brain needs a mechanism to provide the removal of the waste, in other words a brain detox. The cleansing naturally occurs during a...
I’ve always considered myself a failure at cooking soup. I can’t make chicken soup of any kind and my split pea soup looked like something out of a swamp – and it didn’t taste any better. But I do have a couple of soup recipes which I’ve tweaked and modified, and I...
I am a hairdresser’s nightmare, and I changed nothing about my hairstyles during the salon shutdowns due to Covid. It’s simple – I grow my hair for two years, put it in a ponytail, have my husband cut it off, and I donate it to “Children with Hair Loss.” Thus far...
I pride myself as one of the co-founders of a very successful women’s support long before the creation of September 19th’s National Women’s Friendship Day. I’m still delighted to get in touch with many women on this special day this year as well as friends I’ve...
It could quite possibly be the only thing that everyone will agree on – we all want to eventually become “senior citizens” and live as long and healthily as possible. The 2010 United States Census Bureau tallied 403 million residents 65 and older while the count on...
Why do people have cats? I won’t say “own” them because cats can’t be owned. They don’t care to be trained except for using the litter box; but, in reality, that is probably the cat’s idea anyway, and we live with the illusion we have “trained” them. Cats won’t...
On Saturday, July 31 we celebrate a favorite fruit - the lovely green avocado. The holiday designated for this fruit that is tasty and rich in vitamins is well deserved. The date centers around the peak of the avocado season in California. Model Meals, who endorses...
Summer can be busy and hot so it’s wonderful to have some simple quick meal ideas for easy yet delicious meals. If you have a grill, gas or charcoal, fish and summer squash and/or zucchini are a tasty go-to any night of the week. Grilling fish outdoors keeps your...
The job search in 2021 requires patience, diligence, and often having to respond to individualized queries from recruiters. Even virtual interviews can be a part of the applications on some career sites where the individual records a series of answers on the...
The simplistic portion of Nature Photography Day celebrated on Tuesday, June 15 refers to landscapes and flowers where nothing is moving thus the photographer can often get a wonderful shot without worrying that Uncle Harry has closed his eyes or Billy put his hand...
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