A great life lesson and reminder to all of us. Thanks, Katie and thanks, Rita for the awesome reminder! "Today you may be drinking the wine...tomorrow you could be picking the grapes." --Katie Couric I hope you always enjoy your wine but more importantly are always grateful for the grapes and appreciative to those who picked them! Have a wonderful Sunday. … [Read more...] about Grapes of Gratitude
Archives for April 2011
Everything Happens for a Reason
I have always believed that everything (literally, everything) happens for a reason. Many have disagreed with me and I understand their thinking, but it has never made me question my belief...sure we don't always know the reason at the time, and sometimes we may never know the reason while other times it smacks us right in the face! Though I have not been watching American … [Read more...] about Everything Happens for a Reason
Eat Up!
Great news about soy in this morning's newspaper. A new study presented by the American Association for Cancer Research finds that breast cancer survivors need NOT worry about eating soy, despite the isoflavone chemicals (which have estrogen-like properties) contained within the soy. There has been concern that those chemicals might raise the risk of cancer recurrence. This … [Read more...] about Eat Up!
Apples and Rabbits
"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car." --Harvey Diamond Yesterday Oprah showed a repeat of her staff's one week vegan challenge. It originally aired in February. I loved this entry by Ari Solomon on Alicia Silverstone's site, the kindlife.com Give some thought to the following, if you … [Read more...] about Apples and Rabbits
Oh, No…Not Courtney!
Last night's BL contestants had the challenge of estimating a mile and planting their flag on the tile that matched their estimation. Each team used different ways to estimate a mile, some counting steps, some counting feet...I immediately thought I would start a light jog and keep it going for the one mile and use my watch and somewhere at about 12 minutes I would plant my … [Read more...] about Oh, No…Not Courtney!