health and happiness

Happy, Healthy 2011.

TEN WAYS TO GOOD HEALTH Less alcohol, more tea Less meat, more vegetables Less salt, more vinegar Less sugar, more fruit Less eating, more chewing Less words, more a...

Holidaze...

Yay.  It's Thursday.  I love Thursdays.  I guess I love most days, each for what they mean in my life.  Monday is the day that all new things await us.  For me, Tues...

Good News, Bad News

Good morning and welcome to "good news/bad news." I just read some great news regarding stem cells and muscle growth.  Apparently, injecting injured mice with with s...

Show Me the Stars

What a great conversation I had yesterday morning after class with 2 of my students.  We were discussing all the pitfalls of middle -age and particularly peri-menopa...

Tatas Part 2

Looking through the newspaper and my bi-monthly Fitness trade magazine, earlier this morning, I was trying to find something interesting to blog about.  I notice tha...

Get Up and Get Moving!!

A man's health can be judged by which he takes to at a time; pills, or stairs" Joan Welsh GET UP AND GET MOVING!  You have control of your own destiny.  Whether you...

The "Present"

It kills me to wake up to news like this :  "obese children showing signs of stiff arteries....maybe diet and exercise can reverse it?"...maybe?  Come on, we know th...

Fun Friday

As I sit down to start typing, I am thinking about last night's dinner.  I want to thank my dear friend, Lesley, once again, for modeling "If you build it, they will...