Make Your Own

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday with all the special people in your life.  We enjoyed a restful and relaxing time with the whole family – it’s always a real treat for me to have all of my kids under my roof. So here we are… January 3!  It’s minus 10 degrees outside, and it’s been snowing for almost 2 days straight.  While a few members of my...
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How to make vegetables and fruit taste better

Trying to eat more fruit and vegetables is on most people’s to-do list these days.  In fact, I’d be willing to bet that many of you even made this one of your New Year’s Resolutions (you didn’t, did you?).  You probably don’t need me to tell you all the reasons why a diet that includes a rainbow of produce is good for you! If that’s the case then, just like...
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What you need right now

Have you noticed it too?  In the first week of January, the “D” words are everywhere.  You can’t find a newspaper, magazine or website that isn’t preaching the gospel of “dieting” or worse, “detoxing” right now.  Sorry, folks; I’m not jumping on that bandwagon! As I’ve said before, the best approach to health is to take it one...
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You didn’t . . . did you??

Well, here we are.  It’s hard to believe we have arrived at the beginning of another shiny new year.  By now, the streamers and confetti have been swept away, and the after-effects of your New Year’s celebration should have worn off.  For many, January second is the day when the reality of the heady events of New Years Eve begins to set in, with an accompanying sense of dread and...
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Which Numbers Really Matter?

Today is my 50th birthday!  It’s pretty wild to look at the page and see that number staring back at me.  I’ve never been one to be hung up about my age, and this year is certainly no different, but I do have to say that this big round number did get me thinking a bit. There are so many numbers in our lives.  It’s not hard to get obsessed with them; measuring, counting, tracking...
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