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 bed

Change is in the air! Spring promises warmer weather and more sunshine. But … the ‘bed of roses’ can’t be experienced without nature spreading its seed. Lots of pollen has to circulate. I was relieved this week when two days passed without my car collecting a thick layer of yellow dust. Still the dry ‘allergy’

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 recently. I settled into a comfy

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 making small

Hi there, Gala! 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

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