WINTER\’S HERE & THAT\’S A FRESH START. . .
1. Double up on your fruits and veggies
I USED TO THINK. . .
The Journey -Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. \”Mend my life!\” each voice cried. But you […]
Wilby Optical
New spot for Wilby Optical!Watch it on CNN, Fox News, A&E, CMDY Central, History Channel, MSNBC, TNT & TVLand!
I\’M FROM. . .
Beautiful India 2 I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush, the dutch elm whose long gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. -\”Where I\’m from\” by George Ella Lyon The […]
REMEMBERING 9/11
This weekend was the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I\’m reproducing below a post I first shared two years ago, when the U.S government confirmed that Osama Bin Laden had been found and killed. And then, the twin towers exploded like a volcano of billowing smoke and human screams. . . On […]
Baby left in shopping cart: Mistake or misdemeanor??
Internet support is building for a woman who left her baby strapped to a shopping cart in a parking lot. An Arizona mother of four was charged last week with child endangerment after leaving her two-month-old son in a shopping cart in front of a grocery store. Cherish Peterson, 27, says she was rushing around a […]
New Study: Skipping Breakfast Will Help You Lose Weight!
For as long as I can remember, I\’ve been told I\’m wrong. For as long as I can remember, I\’ve been skipping breakfast. I\’m 5\’2\” and I weigh 114 lbs. I skip breakfast; eat a full lunch and an even fuller dinner. For years, I\’ve been told I need to fix my diet to adhere […]
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. . .DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!
The 2016 presidential race entered a whole new level of entertainment a month ago when Donald Trump announced that he was jumping into the fray. Trump has been brandishing his wealth and fame as chief qualifications in what has been called an improbable quest for a Republican nomination. He declared his candidacy in the atrium […]
The Dubai Dairies: Shopping For Gold!
It used to be that going to foreign countries would mean you could find items that here in the U.S. would cost considerably more or could not be found at all. The boundaries are gone and yet, there must be something that makes you glad you bought what you did when you did. I had […]
Why You Need To Cherish The Awe-Inspiring Moments in your Life. . .
Dark moods are bad for your health. Scientists have known for decades that a wide variety of unpleasant emotions, like shame, depression and anxiety, are linked to greater rates of ills like heart disease, inflammation, cancer and premature death. Conversely, positive feelings have been shown to be good for you. Far less is known, however, […]