Around the time I hit 50, I noticed a few unpleasant changes. I was past the transition into menopause so that contributed to the problem but something else was definitely going on. ☀️ I couldn’t keep my Vitamin D levels in the optimal range … without supplementing with a day or two in the tanning…

The west coast has seen a few years of snowfall in recent weeks. 15 feet in the Lake Tahoe area. They’re predicting that the melt will be enough to restore the lake.  ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ Here it’s been the opposite. Warm and sunny. 🌞 🌞 🌞 And my spring fever got the best of me…

If I told you that you had to be completely silent for a week, how would you react? 🔇 A few years ago, I did just that … with several hundred other people equally committed to silence. I LOVED the experience. Silence IS golden! 🔑 But it was odd to share meals with strangers without…

🔥 Challenged to practice what I preach … when stress was escalating this week.  Eustress was already bordering on distress. But it was obvious that stress was going to quickly turn toxic.  I was faced with allergy symptoms that were overwhelming my immune system. It’s hard to resist the temptation 😈 to stop the suffering…

Apparently groundhogs across the US east coast can’t agree on how long winter conditions will last this year. I think it’s a more telling prediction when we see a light dusting of pollen everywhere. That’s what happened around here in the last few weeks. One day it’s in the 70s and the next we’re back…