Healthy And Simple

It’s early October, soon it will be Halloween then Thanksgiving and then, oh my god, Christmas. I mean, oh my God. Sorry. Don’t want to remove the religion out of the occasion. And if Christmas is coming can Easter be far behind! Everything is happening so fast that there hardly seems to be any time […]

There’s some really interesting news out about alternative treatments, one of which is particularly sweet for people suffering minor burns. But we’ll get to that in a minute.
First, some good news for people who have undergone surgery for problems with their lower back. Researchers in the Netherlands looked at 14 different trials involving almost 2,000 patients […]

Do you feel as stressed as I do?  Gosh, I’m running on empty from all this bad news. As I write this I’m hearing “The economy is at risk, America is at risk, our retirement is at risk!”  …and in other news.
As Kevin would say, “Blimey! What the heck is going on!”  Financial Markets are […]

On Sunday Kevin and I went to an Amusement Park, he calls it a Fun Fair.  I like the name Fun Fair because that’s just what it is.  Fun, Fun, Fun!  We didn’t have children with us so we were  unencumbered by the wants and needs of little ones who  want and need stuff.  We […]

Some 2500 years ago Lao-tzu said “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. But who cares what some dead Chinese philosopher thinks, particularly now that no one actually walks anymore - I mean, who has the time!
But while Lao-tzu is long gone, his words are still very true, and just as […]

Vending machines are where good intentions go to die. They’re stacked with temptation and everything that is bad for you. I mean, when was the last time you saw a sprig of broccoli in a vending machine!
In a few rare instances you might find one that dispenses fruit, but the vast majority are filled with […]

A while ago I started to write about exercises you can do at the gym or at home. For this one you have to have kettle balls. I love the look of kettle balls, they look like little tea kettles to me. They are shiny and in great colors, blue, red, green and sometimes a […]

If you have ever slept next to someone who snores you’ll know just how irritating it can be. Whether it’s a low rasping sound or a throat warbling roar the end result is the same, you are unable to sleep. So you might try something sneaky to get them to stop, like pinching their nose […]

The other night Shirley and I were out with a friend for dinner. He was telling us his wife wanted to re-do the house. Again. The bill for the kitchen alone (Viking stove, granite counter tops, stainless steel fixtures etc) was more than $200,000. He was gobsmacked, particularly, as he pointed out, that they only […]

You try to take care of yourself. You try to be thoughtful about what you buy, what you put into your body. That’s why you stopped drinking sugar-laden sodas and switched to fruit drinks. After all, they have fruit right! And that’s good for you. Right? Well, apparently not.
A new study in the Archives of […]