Just How Safe are Cell Phones?
We all use them, and they are not about to go away. Some days I would swear that phone knows more about my life than I do. I would have forgotten an appointment today if not for my … Continue reading →
Category Archives: body&soul
Weed Wars
The growing season has begun. Professional landscapers drive their huge mowing machines like race cars on the S curves of Watkins Glen racetrack. I’ve lost a few fence corners to those roaring grass cutters over the years. Still, for me, … Continue reading →
Team Work!
Think we humans invented teamwork? As usual, Mother Nature is way ahead of us. Only she calls it “synergy.” Entering my world of geekdom, “syn” means together and “erg’ is a unit of work, so synergy means working together. As … Continue reading →
The Quarantine Fifteen
Hopefully, we will soon put this pandemic in our collective rear-view mirror, put the pedal to the medal, and reclaim our lives. Three cliches aside, many of us have a little souvenir from our quarantine days. There’s a little bit … Continue reading →
Qigong (“She Gong”)
Today, as I look out at a foot of snow and ice, I thought I would sample Qigong and Yoga to get the body moving indoors. My neighbor is a fan of Qigong Baden-Baden and sent me a link. I … Continue reading →
Truth and Lies
When I was in nursing school, we had to write up “bib cards.” We went to our medical library, selected an article to read, jotted down its salient points, and cited its bibliographic information. Bib cards —you could trust that … Continue reading →
My Battle with Hypothyroidism
It took over a year that included questioning my sanity, to finally prove I had an underactive thyroid gland. You would think that diagnosis would be a slam-dunk, but apparently it can be elusive. That I did not exhibit symptoms … Continue reading →
Salt of the Earth
I was shopping with my husband in the “healthy” grocery store food section. Trying to be helpful, Gene drew my attention to delicious looking items that were either too high in sugar, fat, or salt. Even non-GMO, organic, foods can … Continue reading →
Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees
As a woman “of a certain age” married to someone of an even higher “certain” age, I find that galloping entropy has taken over our lives. Since entropy (that unrelenting decreasing functioning of just about every body part), has reared … Continue reading →
The Shot Felt Around the World
No doubt the world is hoping for that magic bullet, that shot in the arm, more quickly than ever as now we learn President Trump is hospitalized with Covid -19. Clearly this novel virus can even break through the protective … Continue reading →