Gary Chalk Health experts have long suggested that Living Retired may lead to a sedentary lifestyle. They recommend we keep active socially, mentally, and physically. This is why many retirees socialize playing cards with their friends, read to keep their brain active, and play pickleball so they can gripe about the emergency room wait times.…
Understanding the Condition That Deserves Recognition and Compassion Lipedema is a chronic, progressive fat-distribution disorder that primarily affects women. It is often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed as simple weight gain, even though it has distinct clinical features: symmetrical fat accumulation in the legs, hips, buttocks, and sometimes arms; pain and tenderness; easy bruising; and a…
Judith Kopp I bless all those I do not understand. I bless all those I disagree with. I bless all the children. I bless all the animals. I bless all the trees and all plant life. I bless all the waters. I bless Mother Earth. I bless all future generations.
Roxanne Swift The cost of food has gone up, but there are things you can do to reduce the cost and cook healthier meals. Vacuum packers and freezers are your best friends. Usually the stores have good prices on meats and they come in a family/value pack. Break the bulk down to smaller portions and…
Phyllis L. Carr If you have not read a Nancy Turner novel, you are in for a literary delight. I read Turner’s first novel, These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine 1881-1901, Arizona Territories, in 2000 (published in 1998) and fell in love with Turner’s writing and the main character, Sarah Prine.…
If you enjoyed reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett back in 2009, you ‘ll be happy to know she has, after 17 years, written another mesmerizing story, The Calamity Club. Evidently many readers were eagerly awaiting her second novel as it became number one on the New York Times bestseller fiction list the week it…