Yearly Archives: 2011
The Beauty Biz
I was sitting in the hair salon and I am always amazed as the familiarity that exists between complete strangers while having their hair done. Swapping stories, discussions of who died, going down the illness list and mad cackling over … Continue reading
Change the oil…
So I was on Nantucket visiting my friend Karen and she was telling me how she and her husband had developed a mad craving for mangoes and were able to get some luscious ones, leading to the consumption of three … Continue reading
Don’t Understimate the Power of Talking
One of the biggest factors in the demise of a relationship, any relationship, is lack of communication. Failing to take the time to talk about your issues, failing to take the time to listen. Communication. Which obviously takes more than … Continue reading
The Hypnotizing Effect of Lunesta
I have always had my worries about drugs. Even as a kid I would never touch any drug despite the peer pressure or the promise of dream-like experiences. But now it feels as though we are under peer pressure as … Continue reading
The Choices We Make
In Peru there is a large hydroelectric project between Peru and Brazil to build a dam on the Inambari river that will generate 2000 megawatts of electricity for an economically starved people. Both countries desperately need “clean” methods of producing … Continue reading
The Future of My Own Mortality
OK, so maybe the fact that Halloween is right around the corner has me looking over my shoulder for the grim reaper and how far behind me he is. But the truth is that I was watching an episode of … Continue reading
A World of Noise
So last night it was a gorgeous night for sleeping, meaning all the windows are open and the breeze was like out of a dream. And then the trucks began. In my little town, it is quite quiet until Monday … Continue reading
Doesn’t Anyone Do Physicals Anymore?
I remember when I was a kid that getting a physical at the doctor involved not just being so nervous I could pee all the way from the car to the examination room, but it involved something that there seems … Continue reading
The Miracle of Taz
So my Siamese cat’s name is Taz. She typically will only eat a few types of organic cat food, and definitely refuses raw. So she’s much like the rest of us… we should eat more raw since that is the … Continue reading
Just a Spoonful of Sugar
That was always my very favorite line in Mary Poppins when I was a child. Just the image of a spoonful of sugar conjured up such fabulous things! But how much is a spoonful? A tablespoon, a teaspoon, one of … Continue reading