Rain Rain Go Away!

  Every winter I wind up saying: Rain rain go away! So why did I move to Oregon? Egads! It's dark out at 7:50AM! Every winter I wake up in the dark and wonder why I moved to Oregon! Then it all starts changing – the rain becomes showers, then drizzle, and then it stops.  [...]

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Does Your Family Have “Family Secrets?”

Family secrets: a topic I have had in my head for decades. Growing up, I learned that my father’s family had Native American heritage – but it was not to be discussed, as it was a family secret! When I asked my paternal relatives about it – I got told, “We don’t talk about that!” [...]

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Say No To Lo [and No]

Say no to lo-fat and no-fat? Yes! For years I have said that the low fat and no fat "alleged" foodstuffs [I have trouble calling it food] were at best no help and worse – bad for you. My take is that the rate of obesity has kept pace with the number of low and [...]

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Why Do You Want To Be Stress Free?

 I'm sure we all have an answer – but in reality you should never want to be stress free. HUH? Why? Because you are human! And because stress is good for you! Stress is as natural a part of a human life as is breathing. Stress is most simply our body’s reaction to “something” in our [...]

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Do You Make New Year Resolutions? Why I Don’t

Over the years I have learned how to deal with certain aspects of my own brain or mind.   It does not like words that sound like “commands” and resolutions seem to fit into that category.   Sentences that contain should, will, and ought fragments tend to create an opposite effect or they instill the [...]

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Did You Really Want A White Christmas?

The idea of a white Christmas, one with snow on the ground, has become an annual wish for many. One hears weather forecasters daily asking, “Will we have a white Christmas?” Adding “Stayed tuned for your forecast.” We have many children and adults wistfully looking out the windows to see if there is snow on [...]

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