Healthy and Simple

I just got a new phone.  I liked my old phone but there are times when I have to keep up with clients and check my e-mail  and I don’t usually carry my laptop around with me.
So when the new “smart” phones came out I waited, because I don’t believe in buying the first version [...]

Ever wonder how doctors discovered that washing your hands was one of the best and simplest methods of protecting yourself and others from germs? You had to ask didn’t you. You might want to look away at this point.
It began in Vienna 150 years ago (doesn’t that sound like the start of a fairy tale!) [...]

Tumbling on the GreenTumbling on the GreenSo, the other day Shirley and I were walking along the Marina Green in San Francisco when we saw these women doing the most amazing tumbling routines. I have no idea who they were or why they were there but Shirley whipped out the fabulous Flip Camera and shot [...]

Ever wonder if technology is slowly killing you? Do you worry that bit by mega bit it’s nibbling away at the very fabric of your being. Those buds in your ears connected to your iPod or MP3 are funneling sound that will ultimately destroy your hearing. That blue tooth phone thing stuck on your ear [...]

Yesterday I wrote about how having a cold made me grateful for my normal good health.  That got me thinking more about gratitude and just how important it is in our everyday lives.

A few years ago Shirley had a Saab convertible. It was such a cool car; sleek, stylish and when we put the top down and drove around town – or better still when we drove into the country – it was lots and lots of fun. But it came with hidden costs, and not all [...]

So, I was watching TV comedian and political commentator Bill Maher recently and Bill was interviewing Alan Grayson, the Democratic Congressman from the 8th District of Florida.  They were talking about health care. These days there are a lot of politicians, and even ordinary people, on TV shows talking about health care reform. Just the [...]

When I was a kid growing up in London one of my favorite places to visit was the Tower of London, that started out as the home of the King of England but ended up as his or her prison of choice. One of my favorite places in the Tower was St. Catherine’s Tower. Now [...]

Who knew that using your feet would mean taking your life into your hands!
An article by C. W. Nevius in the San Francisco Chronicle last week looked at how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in San Francisco. He pointed out that half the traffic fatalities in San Francisco are pedestrians, compared to only [...]

I was just a little girl when I started to workout with Jack LaLanne! My mom would turn on the TV around 12 o’clock everyday and work out with Jack and since I was too young to go to school I would join in the workouts. There was the chair workout and the [...]