He’s Cheer Challenged. (I would call him grumpy, but he’s standing nearby and he has a sixth sense about when I’m calling him names). What do I mean by Cheer Challenged, you say? Let me give you a couple of examples of what I mean by Cheer Challenged. When he drove me to the mall the other day, I stopped to put a few dollars into the Salvation Army Kettle and when the Santa ringing the bell said “Thank you and Merry Christmas. You’re an example of the goodness of humanity.” M

Picture a high school chemistry class back in the 1960s, everyone is dressed formally for school and sitting attentively. Mr. Green is in front of the class in his white lab coat standing behind one of those lab counters with various beakers and dishes. “Today’s lesson is on the properties of acids and bases. Here’s an acid, hydrochloric acid. See what happens to this apple sitting in this beaker when I pour some acid on it.” There’s violent gurgling and smoke and the apple d

According to a BlueZones.com article, “A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry associated activities like reading books… with a lower risk of dementia in older adults.” In fact, if you’re reading this post right now, you’re probably adding seconds, if not minutes to your brain’s life. Now you may think I’m biased, being a writer of books and all, but JAMA Psychiatry is real. I had nothing to do with that study, honest to goodness pinky swear. The study was in China for Pe

Like everyone, I’m a work in progres Mostly, it’s all about losing weight, dieting to get healthier, look better have more energy, be able to walk up and down the stairs without creaking and cringing (me, not the stairs). Mostly. it’s about trying to keep my body together enough so I’ll be able to walk my cat around the block when I reach the age where that kind of thing would be the highlight of my day. [I know–because Myren is snorting in the background and yelling ‘This pr

Even Sylvia Plath loves a good book. EVERYONE loves a great read. I always crave a great romance read. But how do you find them? Especially if you’re like me, and you read a lot AND you want the best possible stories. Good books are hard to find. [CAVEAT: Everyone gets to define what constitutes a GOOD book for themselves. Even Myren, my chauffeur.] What to do? There are millions and millions of fiction books out there. Last count on Amazon was over 1 million romances books a

RESOLUTION (I know it’s cheating, but my resolution is multi-parted) Stop eating those candy bars and potato chips! – I’m the person at the party who sits next to Get rid of all that salt! – This is much harder than it sounds. I haven’t picked up a salt shaker in years, and yet there is so much salt already built into so many foods (I use the word “foods” broadly to include processed stuff) that it is near impossible to eliminate salt. Of course, as Myren has suggested while

Who Am I? My hair’s a mess and I’m still in my robe at 4:30 in the afternoon. I have dark circles under my eyes and around my arm pits. I’m surrounded by a guilty mountain of discarded candy wrappers and a pill-inducing Mount Everest pile of … books. That’s right– I’m a book-aholic. Lest you think my affliction is limited to the luscious inky smell of the print version of the seductive I have two kindles, an iPad, an iPad mini and a Nook reader. I’m seriously considering buyi

http://www.laviagraes.com/cuanto-cuesta-la-viagra-en-la-farmacia the holidays. But I’ll let you be the judge. Here’s a picture of my Christmas tree. I wanted to post a video clip to show the lights twinkling–which I adore–but I’m technically challenged and couldn’t figure out how to get the video clip embedded (foreign techno-talk meaning cut & paste as far as I can tell). I have decorations outside too, but Myren refused to let me take pictures of those–in the interest of se